linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: X86: Rename DR6_INIT to DR6_ACTIVE

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Date:   Fri, 2 Apr 2021 16:53:48 +0800
From:   Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@...el.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: X86: Rename DR6_INIT to DR6_ACTIVE_LOW

On 2/3/2021 12:05 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 02/02/21 16:02, Xiaoyao Li wrote:
>> On 2/2/2021 10:49 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>>> On 02/02/21 10:04, Chenyi Qiang wrote:
>>>>
>>>>  #define DR6_FIXED_1    0xfffe0ff0
>>>> -#define DR6_INIT    0xffff0ff0
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * DR6_ACTIVE_LOW is actual the result of DR6_FIXED_1 | 
>>>> ACTIVE_LOW_BITS.
>>>> + * We can regard all the current FIXED_1 bits as active_low bits even
>>>> + * though in no case they will be turned into 0. But if they are 
>>>> defined
>>>> + * in the future, it will require no code change.
>>>> + * At the same time, it can be served as the init/reset value for DR6.
>>>> + */
>>>> +#define DR6_ACTIVE_LOW    0xffff0ff0
>>>>  #define DR6_VOLATILE    0x0001e00f
>>>>
>>>
>>> Committed with some changes in the wording of the comment.
>>>
>>> Also, DR6_FIXED_1 is (DR6_ACTIVE_LOW & ~DR6_VOLATILE).
>>
>> Maybe we can add BUILD_BUG_ON() to make sure the correctness?
> 
> We can even
> 
> #define DR_FIXED_1  (DR6_ACTIVE_LOW & ~DR6_VOLATILE)
> 
> directly.  I have pushed this patch to kvm/queue, but the other two will 
> have to wait for Fenghua's bare metal support.
> 

Hi Paolo,

Fenghua's bare metal support is in tip tree now.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210322135325.682257-1-fenghua.yu@intel.com/

Will the rest KVM patches get into 5.13 together?