linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 19/29] x86/insn-eval: Add support to resolve 32-bit address encodings

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Message-ID: <20171020182448.GE12298@voyager>
Date:   Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:24:48 -0700
From:   Ricardo Neri <ricardo.neri-calderon@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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        Chris Metcalf <cmetcalf@...lanox.com>,
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        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 19/29] x86/insn-eval: Add support to resolve 32-bit
 address encodings

On Fri, Oct 20, 2017 at 07:12:30PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2017 at 08:54:22PM -0700, Ricardo Neri wrote:
> > The new function get_addr_ref_32() is almost identical to the existing
> > function insn_get_addr_ref() (used for 64-bit addresses); except for the
> > differences mentioned above. For the sake of simplicity and readability,
> > it is better to use two separate functions.
> 
> You're kidding, right?
> 
> You're not adding another small function - this new one is just as big. And
> almost identical.
> 
> So if you split the whole handling into helpers - for example, each
> if-clause is doing very similar things - you can carve out the repeating
> pieces into helpers and then call them each time with the respective
> parameters, you can get rid of all that needless duplication.

I will create these helper functions. This change and your suggestion in
patch 18 will impact other patches in the series (e.g., the function
get_addr_ref_16() in patch 22). Would it make sense to submit a v10 and
resume review there?

Also, do you think I am still on-time to make it to v4.15?

Thanks and BR,
Ricardo 
> 
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