Re: [PATCH v8 1/2] s390x: KVM: guest support for topology function

[Heiko Carstens]

On Wed, Apr 20, 2022 at 03:22:41PM +0200, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:05:00 +0200
> Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > > +static inline bool kvm_s390_topology_changed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > > +{
> > > +	if (!test_kvm_facility(vcpu->kvm, 11))
> > > +		return false;
> > > +
> > > +	/* A new vCPU has been hotplugged */
> > > +	if (vcpu->arch.prev_cpu == S390_KVM_TOPOLOGY_NEW_CPU)
> > > +		return true;
> > > +
> > > +	/* The real CPU backing up the vCPU moved to another socket */
> > > +	if (cpumask_test_cpu(vcpu->cpu,
> > > +			     topology_core_cpumask(vcpu->arch.prev_cpu)))
> > > +		return true;
> > > +
> > > +	return false;
> > > +}  
> > 
> > This seems to be wrong. I'd guess that you need
> > 
> > 	if (cpumask_test_cpu(vcpu->cpu,
> > 			     topology_core_cpumask(vcpu->arch.prev_cpu)))
> > -->		return false;
> > -->	return true;  
> 
> so if the CPU moved to a different socket, it's not a change?
> and if nothing happened, it is a change?

How do you translate the above code to your statement?