linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/5] KVM: selftests: Generalize check_clocksource() from kvm_clock

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Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 15:24:58 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Oliver Upton <oupton@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/5] KVM: selftests: Generalize check_clocksource() from kvm_clock_test

On Tue, Jan 09, 2024, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> +bool sys_clocksource_is_tsc(void)
> +{
> +	char *clk_name = sys_get_cur_clocksource();
> +	bool ret = false;
> +
> +	if (!strcmp(clk_name, "tsc\n"))
> +		ret = true;

This can more simply be:

	bool ret = !strcmp(clk_name, "tsc\n");

and then

	bool ret = !strcmp(clk_name, "tsc\n") ||
		   !strcmp(clk_name, "hyperv_clocksource_tsc_page\n");

when the Hyper-V variant comes along.  I'll fixup when applying unless you
violently disagree.