linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH v3 05/11] KVM: SVM: Modify 64 bit intercept field to two 32 bit vectors

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Message-ID: <8408a039-13a1-3338-0f06-fb9d5730eeee@amd.com>
Date:   Wed, 29 Jul 2020 16:31:40 -0500
From:   Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
To:     Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: RE: [PATCH v3 05/11] KVM: SVM: Modify 64 bit intercept field to two
 32 bit vectors



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2020 4:06 PM
> To: Moger, Babu <Babu.Moger@....com>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>; Vitaly Kuznetsov
> <vkuznets@...hat.com>; Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>; Sean
> Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>; kvm list
> <kvm@...r.kernel.org>; Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>; the arch/x86
> maintainers <x86@...nel.org>; LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>; Ingo
> Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>; Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>; H . Peter Anvin
> <hpa@...or.com>; Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 05/11] KVM: SVM: Modify 64 bit intercept field to two 32
> bit vectors
> 
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2020 at 4:38 PM Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com> wrote:
> >
> > Convert all the intercepts to one array of 32 bit vectors in
> > vmcb_control_area. This makes it easy for future intercept vector
> > additions.  Also update trace functions.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>
> > ---
> 
> > @@ -128,8 +129,7 @@ enum {
> >
> >  struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) vmcb_control_area {
> >         u32 intercepts[MAX_VECTORS];
> > -       u64 intercept;
> > -       u8 reserved_1[40];
> > +       u8 reserved_1[60 - (MAX_VECTORS * 4)];
> 
> Perhaps this could be simplified to 'u32 reserved_1[15 - MAX_VECTORS];'

Ok. Will change it. thanks

> 
> >         u16 pause_filter_thresh;
> >         u16 pause_filter_count;
> >         u64 iopm_base_pa;
> 
> Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>