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From: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
To: sashiko-reviews@lists.linux.dev
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: x86: Move supported EFER bits to kvm_caps
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 20:27:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <akwPqttHzRDzaqtb@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260706200533.8A79C1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org>

On Mon, Jul 06, 2026 at 08:05:33PM +0000, sashiko-bot@kernel.org wrote:
> Thank you for your contribution! Sashiko AI review found 1 potential issue(s) to consider:
> - [Low] Leftover function declarations for `kvm_enable_efer_bits()` and `kvm_disable_efer_bits()` in `arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h` after their definitions were removed.
> --
> 
> commit eef68f2b444ee82f826a87d9dc12393124877c19
> Author: Yosry Ahmed <yosry@kernel.org>
> 
> KVM: x86: Move supported EFER bits to kvm_caps
> 
> This commit moves the supported EFER bits into kvm_caps.supported_efer_bits 
> to allow them to be recomputed during vendor initialization. It also removes 
> the kvm_enable_efer_bits() and kvm_disable_efer_bits() helpers in favor of 
> open-coding the updates directly to kvm_caps.
> 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
> > index 10669c5418da3..66fa7140d65d9 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.c
> [ ... ]
> > @@ -650,18 +647,6 @@ static int set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > -void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64 mask)
> > -{
> > -	efer_supported_bits |= mask;
> > -}
> > -EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_enable_efer_bits);
> > -
> > -void kvm_disable_efer_bits(u64 mask)
> > -{
> > -	efer_supported_bits &= ~mask;
> > -}
> > -EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_disable_efer_bits);
> > -
> 
> [Severity: Low]
> This isn't a bug, but did this commit leave dangling function declarations for
> kvm_enable_efer_bits() and kvm_disable_efer_bits() in arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h?
> 
> It appears the prototypes were not removed from the header file when these
> implementations were deleted here.

Yeah, this needs to be folded in:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
index 89f10447cdddf..4cb9ca8bff979 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/msrs.h
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ int kvm_get_set_one_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int ioctl,
 int kvm_get_reg_list(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
                     struct kvm_reg_list __user *user_list);

-void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64);
-void kvm_disable_efer_bits(u64);
 bool kvm_valid_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer);
 int kvm_emulate_msr_read(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 *data);
 int kvm_emulate_msr_write(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 data);

  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-06 20:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-07-06 19:54 [PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: x86: EFER validity fixes and cleanups Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-06 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: x86: Check EFER validity on KVM_SET_SREGS* Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-06 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: SVM: Disallow EFER.SVME and EFER.LSMLE if nested is disabled Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-06 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: x86: Disallow EFER.LME and EFER.LMA if long mode is not supported Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-06 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: x86: Add a per-vendor callback to setup EFER caps Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-06 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: x86: Reverse the polarity of efer_reserved_bits Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-06 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: x86: Move supported EFER bits to kvm_caps Yosry Ahmed
2026-07-06 20:05   ` sashiko-bot
2026-07-06 20:27     ` Yosry Ahmed [this message]
2026-07-06 19:54 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] KVM: selftests: Extend set_sregs test to cover EFER Yosry Ahmed

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