Re: [PATCH 04/11] x86/MM: Improve p2m type checks.

[Ed White <edmund.h.white@intel.com>]

On 01/12/2015 09:48 AM, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 09/01/15 21:26, Ed White wrote:
>> diff --git a/xen/include/asm-x86/p2m.h b/xen/include/asm-x86/p2m.h
>> index 5f7fe71..8193901 100644
>> --- a/xen/include/asm-x86/p2m.h
>> +++ b/xen/include/asm-x86/p2m.h
>> @@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ struct p2m_domain {
>>       * threaded on in LRU order. */
>>      struct list_head   np2m_list;
>>  
>> +    /* Does this p2m belong to the altp2m code? */
>> +    bool_t alternate;
>> +
>>      /* Host p2m: Log-dirty ranges registered for the domain. */
>>      struct rangeset   *logdirty_ranges;
>>  
>> @@ -290,7 +293,9 @@ struct p2m_domain *p2m_get_nestedp2m(struct vcpu *v, uint64_t np2m_base);
>>   */
>>  struct p2m_domain *p2m_get_p2m(struct vcpu *v);
>>  
>> -#define p2m_is_nestedp2m(p2m)   ((p2m) != p2m_get_hostp2m((p2m->domain)))
>> +#define p2m_is_hostp2m(p2m)   ((p2m) == p2m_get_hostp2m((p2m->domain)))
>> +#define p2m_is_altp2m(p2m)    ((p2m)->alternate)
>> +#define p2m_is_nestedp2m(p2m) (!p2m_is_altp2m(p2m) && !p2m_ishostp2m(p2m))
> 
> Might this be better expressed as a p2m type, currently of the set
> {host, alt, nested} ?  p2m_is_nestedp2m() is starting to hide some
> moderately complicated calculations.
> 

Any suggestions for the name? Unfortunately, p2m_type is already
taken, and I can't think of a good alternative.

Ed