From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>, Peter Feiner <pfeiner@google.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests 2/5] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_ADDR_MASK
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 22:36:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56D60B5A.1010106@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <56D60946.9000504@siemens.com>
On 01/03/2016 22:27, Jan Kiszka wrote:
> > It's not precisely the same thing since PAGE_MASK sets the upper
> > reserved bits :-)
Aha! :) Jan's suggestion is obviously a good one, please adopt it for v2.
Paolo
> > I'll send v2.
>
> Consider defining the constant as GENMASK(51, 12) (from linux/bitops.h).
>
> A while back, I re-invented this macro for Jailhouse, and I just
> realized that the kernel has the very same thing. It makes such bitmasks
> much more readable (and verifiable when looking at specs).
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-01 21:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 29+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-03-01 19:30 [kvm-unit-tests 0/5] Split large EPT mappings properly Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 1/5] x86: vmx.h: trivial whitespace fixes Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 2/5] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_ADDR_MASK Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 21:12 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 21:16 ` Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 21:27 ` Jan Kiszka
2016-03-01 21:36 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 3/5] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_LEVEL_SHIFT Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 4/5] x86: vmx: split large EPTEs in install_ept_entry Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 19:30 ` [kvm-unit-tests 5/5] x86: vmx: don't explicitly split identity EPT map Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 21:13 ` [kvm-unit-tests 0/5] Split large EPT mappings properly Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-01 22:34 ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 0/6] " Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34 ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 1/6] x86: vmx.h: trivial whitespace fixes Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34 ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 2/6] lib: generic bitops.h Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34 ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 3/6] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_ADDR_MASK Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 6:24 ` Jan Kiszka
2016-03-02 8:47 ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-03-02 16:50 ` Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34 ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 4/6] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_LEVEL_SHIFT Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34 ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 5/6] x86: vmx: split large EPTEs in install_ept_entry Peter Feiner
2016-03-01 22:34 ` [kvm-unit-tests v2 6/6] x86: vmx: don't explicitly split identity EPT map Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10 ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 0/6] Split large EPT mappings properly Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10 ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 1/6] x86: vmx.h: trivial whitespace fixes Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10 ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 2/6] lib: generic bitops.h Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 18:13 ` Andrew Jones
2016-03-02 17:10 ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 3/6] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_ADDR_MASK Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10 ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 4/6] x86: vmx: Named constant: EPT_LEVEL_SHIFT Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10 ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 5/6] x86: vmx: split large EPTEs in install_ept_entry Peter Feiner
2016-03-02 17:10 ` [kvm-unit-tests v3 6/6] x86: vmx: don't explicitly split identity EPT map Peter Feiner
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