linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: SVM: hyper-v: Remote TLB flush for SVM

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Message-ID: <3f410c6a-ed30-216e-af54-33855a2963b1@linux.microsoft.com>
Date:   Wed, 21 Apr 2021 10:03:12 -0400
From:   Vineeth Pillai <viremana@...ux.microsoft.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "K. Y. Srinivasan" <kys@...rosoft.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        Lan Tianyu <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Wei Liu <wei.liu@...nel.org>,
        Stephen Hemminger <sthemmin@...rosoft.com>,
        Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@...rosoft.com>,
        viremana@...ux.microsoft.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: SVM: hyper-v: Remote TLB flush for SVM


On 4/16/2021 1:26 PM, Vineeth Pillai wrote:
>
>>
>>   +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HYPERV)
>> +static void hv_init_vmcb(struct vmcb *vmcb)
>> +{
>> +    struct hv_enlightenments *hve = &vmcb->hv_enlightenments;
>> +
>> +    if (npt_enabled &&
>> +        ms_hyperv.nested_features & HV_X64_NESTED_ENLIGHTENED_TLB)
>> Nitpick: we can probably have a 'static inline' for
>>
>>   "npt_enabled && ms_hyperv.nested_features & 
>> HV_X64_NESTED_ENLIGHTENED_TLB"
>>
>> e.g. 'hv_svm_enlightened_tlbflush()'
> Makes sense, will do.
On a second thought, this function itself is small and just does this 
one check.
So, might not make sense to add one more function. I shall rather change 
this
function to be an inline.

Thanks,
Vineeth