linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 03/25] KVM: x86/mmu: constify uses of struct kvm_mmu_role

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Date:   Tue, 8 Mar 2022 16:22:18 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        dmatlack@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 03/25] KVM: x86/mmu: constify uses of struct
 kvm_mmu_role_regs

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> struct kvm_mmu_role_regs is computed just once and then accessed.  Use
> const to make this clearer, even though the const fields of struct
> kvm_mmu_role_regs already prevent modifications to the contents of the
> struct, or rather make them harder.
> 
> Reviewed-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 25 ++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index 4f9bbd02fb8b..97566ac539e3 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct kvm_mmu_role_regs {
>   * the single source of truth for the MMU's state.
>   */
>  #define BUILD_MMU_ROLE_REGS_ACCESSOR(reg, name, flag)			\
> -static inline bool __maybe_unused ____is_##reg##_##name(struct kvm_mmu_role_regs *regs)\
> +static inline bool __maybe_unused ____is_##reg##_##name(const struct kvm_mmu_role_regs *regs)\

This is one of the very rare times I think it's worth splitting the prototype,
it's not like the function name is grep-friendly anyways.  Either way,

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

static inline bool __maybe_unused					\
____is_##reg##_##name(const struct kvm_mmu_role_regs *regs)		\
{									\
	return !!(regs->reg & flag);					\
}