Re: [PATCH v4 0/3] KVM/x86: Enhancements to static calls

Sean Christopherson
2024-06-12T01:23:36Z

On Tue, 07 May 2024 21:31:00 +0800, Wei Wang wrote:
> This patchset introduces the kvm_x86_call() and kvm_pmu_call() macros to
> streamline the usage of static calls of kvm_x86_ops and kvm_pmu_ops. The
> current static_call() usage is a bit verbose and can lead to code
> alignment challenges, and the addition of kvm_x86_ prefix to hooks at the
> static_call() sites hinders code readability and navigation. The use of
> static_call_cond() is essentially the same as static_call() on x86, so it
> is replaced by static_call() to simplify the code. The changes have gone
> through my tests (guest launch, a few vPMU tests, live migration tests)
> without an issue.
>
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 static_calls. I may or may not rebase these commits
depending on what all gets queued for 6.10. There are already three conflicts
that I know of, but they aren't _that_ annoying. Yet. :-)

Thanks!

[1/3] KVM: x86: Replace static_call_cond() with static_call()
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/161827082760
[2/3] KVM: x86: Introduce kvm_x86_call() to simplify static calls of kvm_x86_ops
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/aebed32e4985
[3/3] KVM: x86/pmu: Add kvm_pmu_call() to simplify static calls of kvm_pmu_ops
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/4dbd1f66c5bf

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