Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] KVM: remove NULL return path for vcpu ids >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS

[David Hildenbrand]

> Commit c896939f7cff ("KVM: use heuristic for fast VCPU lookup by id") added
> a return path that prevents vcpu ids to exceed KVM_MAX_VCPUS. This is a
> problem for powerpc where vcpu ids can grow up to 8*KVM_MAX_VCPUS.
> 
> This patch simply reverses the logic so that we only try fast path if the
> vcpu id can be tried as an index in kvm->vcpus[]. The slow path is not
> affected by the change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <gkurz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/kvm_host.h |    7 ++++---
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> index 5276fe0916fc..23bfe1bd159c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
> @@ -447,12 +447,13 @@ static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, int i)
> 
>  static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(struct kvm *kvm, int id)
>  {
> -	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = NULL;
>  	int i;
> 
> -	if (id < 0 || id >= KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
> +	if (id < 0)
>  		return NULL;
> -	vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, id);
> +	if (id < KVM_MAX_VCPUS)
> +		vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(kvm, id);

Maybe this check even should go into kvm_get_vcpu()

>  	if (vcpu && vcpu->vcpu_id == id)
>  		return vcpu;
>  	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
> 

Anyhow,

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <dahi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

David