Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] KVM: VMX: Replace MSR_IA32_RTIT_OUTPUT_BASE_MASK with helper function

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Wed Sep 23 2020 - 13:07:30 EST


On 23/09/20 18:36, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> +static inline bool pt_output_base_valid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 base)
> +{
> + /* The base must be 128-byte aligned and a legal physical address. */
> + return !(base & (~((1UL << cpuid_maxphyaddr(vcpu)) - 1) | 0x7f));
> +}

The fact that you deemed a comment necessary says something already. :)
What about:

return !kvm_mmu_is_illegal_gpa(vcpu, base) && !(base & 0x7f);

(where this new usage makes it obvious that mmu should have been vcpu).

Paolo