linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 43/61] KVM: x86: Use KVM cpu caps to mark CR4.LA57 as not-reserved

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Message-ID: <20200225212242.GJ9245@linux.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Feb 2020 13:22:42 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 43/61] KVM: x86: Use KVM cpu caps to mark CR4.LA57 as
 not-reserved

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 04:12:28PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 24/02/20 23:08, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> >> +
> >> +static __always_inline bool kvm_cpu_cap_has(unsigned x86_feature)
> >> +{
> >> +	return kvm_cpu_cap_get(x86_feature);
> >> +}
> > I know this works (and I even checked C99 to make sure that it works not
> > by accident) but I have to admit that explicit '!!' conversion to bool
> > always makes me feel safer :-)
> 
> Same here, I don't really like the automagic bool behavior...

Sounds like I need to add '!!'?