linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: VMX: Add a wrapper to read index of GPR for INVPCID, INVVPID, and INVEPT

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Date:   Wed, 3 Nov 2021 23:00:13 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@...gle.com>
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, jmattson@...gle.com, dmatlack@...gle.com,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: VMX: Add a wrapper to read index of GPR for
 INVPCID, INVVPID, and INVEPT

On Wed, Nov 03, 2021, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> handle_invept(), handle_invvpid(), handle_invpcid() read the same reg2

"same reg2" doesn't provide any context as to what "reg2" is, or what it's used
for.

> on VM exit. Move them to a common wrapper function.

"Move them to a common helper function" reads as if the patch is moving the
whole handle_*() code :-)

handle_invept(), handle_invvpid(), handle_invpcid() read the same reg2
field in vmcs.VMX_INSTRUCTION_INFO to get the index of the GPR that holds
the invalidation type.  Add a helper to retrieve reg2 from VMX instr info
to consolidate and document the shift+mask magic.

> Signed-off-by: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@...gle.com>

Changelog nits aside,

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>