linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: simplify kvm_vector_to

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Message-ID: <aKXQ0Z4T0RzVnjI8@yury>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2025 09:42:41 -0400
From: Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: simplify kvm_vector_to_index()

On Tue, Aug 19, 2025 at 04:12:11PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 21:58:45 -0400, Yury Norov wrote:
> > Use find_nth_bit() and make the function almost a one-liner.
> 
> Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!
> 
> P.S. I'm amazed you could decipher the intent of the code.  Even with your
>      patch, it took me 10+ minutes to understand the "logic".

Thanks Sean. :)

> [1/1] kvm: x86: simplify kvm_vector_to_index()
>       https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/cc63f918a215
> 
> --
> https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/tree/next