Re: [PATCH] kvm: x86: refine kvm_get_arch_capabilities()

[Xiaoyao Li]

Ping.

On 4/19/2019 10:16 AM, Xiaoyao Li wrote:
> 1. Using X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES to enumerate the existence of
> MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES to avoid using rdmsrl_safe().
>
> 2. Since kvm_get_arch_capabilities() is only used in this file, making
> it static.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 1 -
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 8 ++++----
>   2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index a9d03af34030..d4ae67870764 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -1526,7 +1526,6 @@ int kvm_pv_send_ipi(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long ipi_bitmap_low,
>   		    unsigned long ipi_bitmap_high, u32 min,
>   		    unsigned long icr, int op_64_bit);
>   
> -u64 kvm_get_arch_capabilities(void);
>   void kvm_define_shared_msr(unsigned index, u32 msr);
>   int kvm_set_shared_msr(unsigned index, u64 val, u64 mask);
>   
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index a0d1fc80ac5a..ba8e269a8cd2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -1205,11 +1205,12 @@ static u32 msr_based_features[] = {
>   
>   static unsigned int num_msr_based_features;
>   
> -u64 kvm_get_arch_capabilities(void)
> +static u64 kvm_get_arch_capabilities(void)
>   {
> -	u64 data;
> +	u64 data = 0;
>   
> -	rdmsrl_safe(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, &data);
> +	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES))
> +		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, data);
>   
>   	/*
>   	 * If we're doing cache flushes (either "always" or "cond")
> @@ -1225,7 +1226,6 @@ u64 kvm_get_arch_capabilities(void)
>   
>   	return data;
>   }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_get_arch_capabilities);
>   
>   static int kvm_get_msr_feature(struct kvm_msr_entry *msr)
>   {