linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: selftests: Consolidate ucall code

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Date:   Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:54:18 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>,
        James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        kvm-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Colton Lewis <coltonlewis@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: selftests: Consolidate ucall code

On Mon, Jun 20, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 6/18/22 02:16, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Consolidate the code for making and getting ucalls.  All architectures pass
> > the ucall struct via memory, so filling and copying the struct is 100%
> > generic.  The only per-arch code is sending and receiving the address of
> > said struct.
> > 
> > Tested on x86 and arm, compile tested on s390 and RISC-V.
> 
> I'm not sure about doing this yet.  The SEV tests added multiple
> implementations of the ucalls in one architecture.  I have rebased those
> recently (not the SEV part) to get more familiar with the new kvm_vcpu API
> for selftests, and was going to look at your old review next...

I had forgotten about that code.  My idea of a per-VM list[*] would fit nicely on
top, though maybe drop the last patch from this series.

[*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Yc4gcJdhxthBKUUd@google.com