Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: x86: X86_FEATURE_NRIPS is not scattered anymore

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Aug 07 2017 - 04:29:27 EST


On 05.08.2017 00:12, Radim KrÄmÃÅ wrote:
> bit(X86_FEATURE_NRIPS) is 3 since 2ccd71f1b278 ("x86/cpufeature: Move
> some of the scattered feature bits to x86_capability"), so we can
> simplify the code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: new, explain why it's ok to use X86_FEATURE_NRIPS (David)
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h | 14 +-------------
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> index da6728383052..c723d64657d0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> @@ -160,25 +160,13 @@ static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_rdtscp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> return best && (best->edx & bit(X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP));
> }
>
> -/*
> - * NRIPS is provided through cpuidfn 0x8000000a.edx bit 3
> - */
> -#define BIT_NRIPS 3
> -
> static inline bool guest_cpuid_has_nrips(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
>
> best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 0x8000000a, 0);
> -
> - /*
> - * NRIPS is a scattered cpuid feature, so we can't use
> - * X86_FEATURE_NRIPS here (X86_FEATURE_NRIPS would be bit
> - * position 8, not 3).
> - */
> - return best && (best->edx & bit(BIT_NRIPS));
> + return best && (best->edx & bit(X86_FEATURE_NRIPS));
> }
> -#undef BIT_NRIPS
>
> static inline int guest_cpuid_family(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
>

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David