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From: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: use vmcs_set/clear_bits for CPU-based execution controls
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 12:22:14 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <jpgd1eg20mx.fsf@linux.bootlegged.copy> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <372283237.23068299.1487320918001.JavaMail.zimbra@redhat.com> (Paolo Bonzini's message of "Fri, 17 Feb 2017 03:41:58 -0500 (EST)")

Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:

> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Bandan Das" <bsd@redhat.com>
>> To: "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
>> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2017 1:04:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: use vmcs_set/clear_bits for CPU-based execution controls
>> 
>> Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> > ---
>> 
>> I took a quick look and found these two potential
>> consumers of these set/clear wrappers.
>> 
>> vmcs_set_secondary_exec_control()
>> vmx_set_virtual_x2apic_mode()
>> 
>> Since this has been reviewed already,
>> we can just have them later in a follow up
>> (unless you left them out intentionally).
>
> Both of these can both set and clear bits, so they could be the
> consumer of a new function
>
> void vmcs_write_bits(u16 field, u32 value, u32 mask)
>
> but I don't see much benefit in introducing it; the cognitive
> load is higher than vmcs_{set,clear}_bits.

Yes, agreed. Thanks!

> Paolo

      reply	other threads:[~2017-02-17 17:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-02-15 14:44 [PATCH] KVM: VMX: use vmcs_set/clear_bits for CPU-based execution controls Paolo Bonzini
2017-02-16 16:24 ` Radim Krčmář
2017-02-16 19:22 ` David Hildenbrand
2017-02-17  0:04 ` Bandan Das
2017-02-17  8:41   ` Paolo Bonzini
2017-02-17 17:22     ` Bandan Das [this message]

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