Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: refactor global page-sized bitmaps

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Sep 23 2016 - 05:35:30 EST




On 23/09/2016 01:18, Radim KrÄmÃÅ wrote:
> We've had 10 page-sized bitmaps that were being allocated and freed one
> by one when we could just use a cycle and MSR bitmaps had a lot of
> useless code lying around.
>
> This patch
> * enumerates vmx bitmaps and uses an array to store them
> * replaces vmx_enable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic() with a condition
> * joins vmx_msr_disable_intercept_msr_{read,write}_x2apic()
> * renames x2apic_apicv_inactive msr_bitmaps to x2apic and original
> x2apic bitmaps to x2apic_apicv

It's almost like this could be split in four patches! :) Seriously, I
like it very much but it's very hard to review.

Also, while it's a good idea to keep the bitmaps in an array,
vmx_bitmaps[vmread_bitmap] is not very readable. Please make the enum
uppercase, and possibly add

#define vmread_bitmap (vmx_bitmaps[VMREAD_BITMAP])

Thanks!

Paolo

> Signed-off-by: Radim KrÄmÃÅ <rkrcmar@xxxxxxxxxx>