Re: [PATCH 01/10] KVM: selftests: Take vcpu pointer instead of id in vm_vcpu_rm()

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Wed Apr 15 2020 - 11:11:37 EST


On 13/04/20 23:26, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> FWIW, I think the whole vcpuid thing is a bad interface, almost all the
> tests end up defining an arbitrary number for the sole VCPU_ID, i.e. the
> vcpuid interface just adds a pointless layer of obfuscation. I haven't
> looked through all the tests, but returning the vcpu and making the struct
> opaque, same as kvm_vm, seems like it would yield more readable code with
> less overhead.

Yes, I agree. This was in the original Google submission, I didn't like
it either but I didn't feel like changing it and I wouldn't mind if
someone does the work...

Paolo