linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 8/9] KVM: VMX: Open code VMX preemption timer rate mask in its accessor

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Message-ID: <2cda791c58f208a6fa1a2310d7954c236068750f.camel@intel.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:59:24 +0000
From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>
To: "luto@...nel.org" <luto@...nel.org>, "seanjc@...gle.com"
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CC: "Li, Xin3" <xin3.li@...el.com>, "kvm@...r.kernel.org"
	<kvm@...r.kernel.org>, "Kang, Shan" <shan.kang@...el.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 8/9] KVM: VMX: Open code VMX preemption timer rate mask
 in its accessor

On Fri, 2024-03-08 at 17:27 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> From: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
> 
> Use vmx_misc_preemption_timer_rate() to get the rate in hardware_setup(),
> and open code the rate's bitmask in vmx_misc_preemption_timer_rate() so
> that the function looks like all the helpers that grab values from

Is "all other helpers" better?

> VMX_BASIC and VMX_MISC MSR values.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Cc: Shan Kang <shan.kang@...el.com>
> Cc: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin3.li@...el.com>
> [sean: split to separate patch, write changelog]
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> 

Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>