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From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
To: "kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com>
Cc: "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	"seanjc@google.com" <seanjc@google.com>,
	"bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>, "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"peterz@infradead.org" <peterz@infradead.org>,
	"hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com"
	<kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"pbonzini@redhat.com" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	"jgross@suse.com" <jgross@suse.com>,
	"Yamahata, Isaku" <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] x86/virt/tdx: Move TDMR metadata fields map table to local variable
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 00:09:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <21310a611d652f14b39da4a88a75ded1d155672e.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <41cd371d8a9caadf183e3ab464c57f9f715184d3.1709288433.git.kai.huang@intel.com>

On Sat, 2024-03-02 at 00:20 +1300, Kai Huang wrote:
> The kernel reads all TDMR related global metadata fields based on a
> table which maps the metadata fields to the corresponding members of
> 'struct tdx_tdmr_sysinfo'.
> 
> Currently this table is a static variable.  But this table is only used
> by the function which reads these metadata fields and becomes useless
> after reading is done.
> 
> Change the table to function local variable.  This also saves the
> storage of the table from the kernel image.

It seems like a reasonable change, but I don't see how it helps the purpose of
this series. It seems more like generic cleanup. Can you explain?

  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-03  0:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-03-01 11:20 [PATCH 0/5] TDX host: Provide TDX module metadata reading APIs Kai Huang
2024-03-01 11:20 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86/virt/tdx: Rename _offset to _member for TD_SYSINFO_MAP() macro Kai Huang
2024-05-03  0:07   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-05-06 11:34     ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-01 11:20 ` [PATCH 2/5] x86/virt/tdx: Move TDMR metadata fields map table to local variable Kai Huang
2024-05-03  0:09   ` Edgecombe, Rick P [this message]
2024-05-03  0:18     ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-03  0:29       ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-05-03  0:54         ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-03 16:01   ` Dave Hansen
2024-05-06  8:04     ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-01 11:20 ` [PATCH 3/5] x86/virt/tdx: Unbind global metadata read with 'struct tdx_tdmr_sysinfo' Kai Huang
2024-05-03  0:12   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-05-03  0:52     ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-03 19:03       ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-05-06 11:15         ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-01 11:20 ` [PATCH 4/5] x86/virt/tdx: Support global metadata read for all element sizes Kai Huang
2024-03-16  0:49   ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-20 12:24     ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-03  0:19   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-05-03  1:14     ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-03 12:10       ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-03 12:26         ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-03 18:32           ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-05-06 10:59             ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-01 11:20 ` [PATCH 5/5] x86/virt/tdx: Export global metadata read infrastructure Kai Huang
2024-03-13  3:44   ` Xiaoyao Li
2024-03-15  0:24     ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-15  2:10       ` Xiaoyao Li
2024-05-03  0:21   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-05-03  2:17     ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-03 18:31       ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-05-06 11:35         ` Huang, Kai
2024-05-06 15:43   ` Dave Hansen
2024-05-06 22:13     ` Huang, Kai

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