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

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue Jun 04 2019 - 12:13:18 EST


On 19/04/19 04:16, 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)
> {
>

Queued, thanks.

Paolo