RE: [PATCH v5 08/10] x86/hyper-v: use hypercall for remote TLB flush

From: Jork Loeser
Date: Tue May 30 2017 - 15:17:54 EST


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> From: Andy Shevchenko [mailto:andy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx]
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> Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 08/10] x86/hyper-v: use hypercall for remote TLB flush
>
> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 2:34 PM, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > +#define HV_FLUSH_ALL_PROCESSORS 0x00000001
> > +#define HV_FLUSH_ALL_VIRTUAL_ADDRESS_SPACES 0x00000002
> > +#define HV_FLUSH_NON_GLOBAL_MAPPINGS_ONLY 0x00000004
> > +#define HV_FLUSH_USE_EXTENDED_RANGE_FORMAT 0x00000008
>
> BIT() ?

Certainly a matter of taste. Given that the Hyper-V spec lists these as hex numbers, I find the explicit numbers appropriate.

Regards,
Jork