linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: SVM: Refactor AVIC hardware setup logic into helper function

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Date:   Tue, 7 Dec 2021 20:01:04 +0700
From:   "Suthikulpanit, Suravee" <suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>
To:     Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     pbonzini@...hat.com, joro@...tes.org, seanjc@...gle.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        peterz@...radead.org, hpa@...or.com, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        jon.grimm@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: SVM: Refactor AVIC hardware setup logic into
 helper function

Hi Maxim,

On 12/3/2021 2:39 PM, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> On Thu, 2021-12-02 at 17:58 -0600, Suravee Suthikulpanit wrote:
>> To prepare for upcoming AVIC changes. There is no functional change.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Suravee Suthikulpanit<suravee.suthikulpanit@....com>
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>   arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c  |  8 +-------
>>   arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h  |  1 +
>>   3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
>> index 8052d92069e0..6aca1682f4b7 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
>> @@ -1011,3 +1011,13 @@ void svm_vcpu_unblocking(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>   		kvm_vcpu_update_apicv(vcpu);
>>   	avic_set_running(vcpu, true);
>>   }
>> +
>> +bool avic_hardware_setup(bool avic, bool npt)
>> +{
>> +	if (!avic || !npt || !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AVIC))
>> +		return false;
>
> Nitpick: Why to pass these as local variables? npt_enabled for example is
> used in many places directly.

Good point. I didn't see that it's already declared as extern in the svm.h. I'll update this in V3.

Thanks,
Suravee