linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC 08/11] KVM: nVMX: hyper-v: Introduce nested_vmx

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Date:   Mon, 16 Oct 2023 09:55:32 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 08/11] KVM: nVMX: hyper-v: Introduce
 nested_vmx_evmptr() accessor

On Mon, Oct 16, 2023, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com> writes:
> 
> > У вт, 2023-10-10 у 18:02 +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov пише:
> >> 'vmx->nested.hv_evmcs_vmptr' accesses are all over the place so hiding
> >> 'hv_evmcs_vmptr' under 'ifdef CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV' would take a lot of
> >> ifdefs. Introduce 'nested_vmx_evmptr()' accessor instead.
> >
> >
> > It might also make sense to have 'nested_evmptr_valid(vmx)'

"is_valid" please so that it's clear the helper is a check, not a declaration.

> > so that we could use it instead of 'evmptr_is_valid(nested_vmx_evmptr(vmx))'?
> >
> 
> Makes sense, thanks!

Would it be accurate to call it nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_valid()?  If so, that has
my vote.  It's a bit verbose, but it should be fully self-explanatory for anyone
that's familiar with KVM's vmcs12 and vmcb12 terminology.