linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: VMX: Sanitize VM-Entry/VM-Exit control pairs at kvm

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Date:   Fri, 27 May 2022 11:44:23 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@...el.com>,
        Lei Wang <lei4.wang@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: VMX: Sanitize VM-Entry/VM-Exit control pairs at
 kvm_intel load time

On 5/26/22 23:35, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> It's not for clarity, it's to prevent plopping an EXIT control into the ENTRY
> slot and vice versa.  I have a hell of a time trying to visually differentiate
> those, and a buggy pair isn't guaranteed to be detected at runtime, e.g. if both
> are swapped, all bets are off, and if one is duplicated, odds the warn may or may
> not show up unless hardware actually supports at least one of the controls, if not
> both.

Make the lines longer than 80 characters and align each element so that 
you have a line of VM_ENTRY_ and VM_EXIT_.  (It would not work if they 
were the same length, but they aren't).

Paolo