Re: [PATCH v6 1/2] KVM: x86/cpuid: generalize kvm_update_kvm_cpuid_base() and also capture limit

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, Jan 05, 2023, Paul Durrant wrote:
> On 04/01/2023 19:34, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Since the struct is a 64-bit value, what about making this a pure getter that
> > returns a copy?
> > 
> > static struct kvm_hypervisor_cpuid kvm_get_hypervisor_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> > 							    const char *sig)
> > {
> > 	struct kvm_hypervisor_cpuid cpuid = {};
> > 	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry;
> > 	u32 function;
> > 
> > 	for_each_possible_hypervisor_cpuid_base(cpuid.base) {
> > 		entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, function);
> > 
> > 		if (entry) {
> > 			u32 signature[3];
> > 
> > 			signature[0] = entry->ebx;
> > 			signature[1] = entry->ecx;
> > 			signature[2] = entry->edx;
> > 
> > 			if (!memcmp(signature, sig, sizeof(signature))) {
> > 				cpuid.base = function;
> > 				cpuid.limit = entry->eax;
> > 				break;
> > 			}
> > 		}
> > 	}
> > 
> > 	return cpuid;
> > }
> > 
> > 
> > 	vcpu->arch.kvm_cpuid = kvm_get_hypervisor_cpuid(vcpu, KVM_SIGNATURE);
> > 	vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid = kvm_get_hypervisor_cpuid(vcpu, XEN_SIGNATURE);
> 
> Yes, if that's preferable then no problem.

I like it (obviously), but it's probably worth waiting a few days to see what
others think before posting a new version.