linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 1/3] KVM: s390: ipte lock for SCA access should be contained in KVM

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Date:   Mon, 27 Jun 2022 15:29:13 +0200
From:   Pierre Morel <pmorel@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        borntraeger@...ibm.com, cohuck@...hat.com, david@...hat.com,
        thuth@...hat.com, imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com, hca@...ux.ibm.com,
        gor@...ux.ibm.com, wintera@...ux.ibm.com, seiden@...ux.ibm.com,
        nrb@...ux.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 1/3] KVM: s390: ipte lock for SCA access should be
 contained in KVM



On 6/24/22 07:47, Janosch Frank wrote:
> On 6/20/22 14:54, Pierre Morel wrote:
>> We can check if SIIF is enabled by testing the sclp_info struct
>> instead of testing the sie control block eca variable.
>> sclp.has_ssif is the only requirement to set ECA_SII anyway
>> so we can go straight to the source for that.
> 
> 
> The subject and commit description don't fit together.
> You're doing two things in this patch and only describe one of them.
> 
> I'd suggest something like this:
> 
> KVM: s390: Cleanup ipte lock access and SIIF facility checks
> 
> We can check if SIIF is enabled by testing the sclp_info struct instead 
> of testing the sie control block eca variable as that facility is always 
> enabled if available.
> 
> Also let's cleanup all the ipte related struct member accesses which 
> currently happen by referencing the KVM struct via the VCPU struct. 
> Making the KVM struct the parameter to the ipte_* functions removes one 
> level of indirection which makes the code more readable.
> 

OK done.


> 
> Other than that I'm happy with this patch.


Thanks,

Pierre



-- 
Pierre Morel
IBM Lab Boeblingen