linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/5] KVM: nVMX: Rename vmcs_to_field_offset{,_table} to vmcs12_field_offset{,

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Date:   Thu, 6 Jan 2022 23:36:43 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/5] KVM: nVMX: Rename vmcs_to_field_offset{,_table} to
 vmcs12_field_offset{,_table}

On Tue, Dec 14, 2021, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> vmcs_to_field_offset{,_table} may sound misleading as VMCS is an opaque
> blob which is not supposed to be accessed directly. In fact,
> vmcs_to_field_offset{,_table} are related to KVM defined VMCS12 structure.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h
> index 2a45f026ee11..13e2bd017538 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmcs12.h
> @@ -361,10 +361,10 @@ static inline void vmx_check_vmcs12_offsets(void)
>  	CHECK_OFFSET(guest_pml_index, 996);
>  }
>  
> -extern const unsigned short vmcs_field_to_offset_table[];
> +extern const unsigned short vmcs12_field_offset_table[];

While we're tweaking names, what about dropping "table" and calling this
vmcs12_field_offsets?

>  extern const unsigned int nr_vmcs12_fields;
>  
> -static inline short vmcs_field_to_offset(unsigned long field)
> +static inline short vmcs12_field_offset(unsigned long field)

And get_vmcs12_field_offset() here to make it more obvious that it's translating
something to an offset, which is communicated by the "to" in the current name.

>  {
>  	unsigned short offset;
>  	unsigned int index;
> @@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ static inline short vmcs_field_to_offset(unsigned long field)
>  		return -ENOENT;
>  
>  	index = array_index_nospec(index, nr_vmcs12_fields);
> -	offset = vmcs_field_to_offset_table[index];
> +	offset = vmcs12_field_offset_table[index];
>  	if (offset == 0)
>  		return -ENOENT;
>  	return offset;
> -- 
> 2.33.1
>