linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] KVM: VMX: Bring the common code to header file

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Date:   Wed, 28 Mar 2018 22:26:41 +0200
From:   Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>
To:     Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
Cc:     joro@...tes.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, x86@...nel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] KVM: VMX: Bring the common code to header file

2018-03-16 16:37-0400, Babu Moger:
> This patch brings some of the code from vmx to x86.h header file. Now, we
> can share this code between vmx and svm. Modified couple functions to make
> it common.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -6683,8 +6652,9 @@ static void shrink_ple_window(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
>  	int old = vmx->ple_window;
>  
> -	vmx->ple_window = __shrink_ple_window(old,
> -	                                      ple_window_shrink, ple_window);
> +	vmx->ple_window = __shrink_ple_window(old, ple_window,
> +					      ple_window_shrink,
> +					      0);

I have preserved the old minumum (ple_window, so we could't get
uselessly small values).