linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] s390/kvm: split kvm_s390_real_to

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Date:   Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:57:31 +0100
From:   Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>
To:     Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     borntraeger@...ibm.com, frankja@...ux.ibm.com, david@...hat.com,
        cohuck@...hat.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] s390/kvm: split kvm_s390_real_to_abs

On 19/03/2021 20.33, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
> A new function _kvm_s390_real_to_abs will apply prefixing to a real address
> with a given prefix value.
> 
> The old kvm_s390_real_to_abs becomes now a wrapper around the new function.
> 
> This is needed to avoid code duplication in vSIE.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>   arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++------
>   1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
> index daba10f76936..7c72a5e3449f 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
> +++ b/arch/s390/kvm/gaccess.h
> @@ -18,17 +18,14 @@
>   
>   /**
>    * kvm_s390_real_to_abs - convert guest real address to guest absolute address
> - * @vcpu - guest virtual cpu
> + * @prefix - guest prefix
>    * @gra - guest real address
>    *
>    * Returns the guest absolute address that corresponds to the passed guest real
> - * address @gra of a virtual guest cpu by applying its prefix.
> + * address @gra of by applying the given prefix.
>    */
> -static inline unsigned long kvm_s390_real_to_abs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> -						 unsigned long gra)
> +static inline unsigned long _kvm_s390_real_to_abs(u32 prefix, unsigned long gra)

<bikeshedding>
Just a matter of taste, but maybe this could be named differently? 
kvm_s390_real2abs_prefix() ? kvm_s390_prefix_real_to_abs()?
</bikeshedding>

Anyway:
Reviewed-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@...hat.com>