Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: vgic: Update some comments to improve the code readability

[Marc Zyngier]

[Fixing Suzuki's address]
On Wed, 08 Jan 2025 10:39:19 +0000,
Zhiyuan Dai <daizhiyuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> This patch updates the comments in the vgic_v3_queue_sgi function
> to improve the readability of the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zhiyuan Dai <daizhiyuan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
> index ae4c0593d114..f3b328373869 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v3.c
> @@ -1040,8 +1040,13 @@ static void vgic_v3_queue_sgi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 sgi, bool allow_group1)
>  			irq->pending_latch = true;
>  			vgic_queue_irq_unlock(vcpu->kvm, irq, flags);
>  		} else {
> -			/* HW SGI? Ask the GIC to inject it */
>  			int err;
> +
> +			/*
> +                        * With GICv4.1, vSGI can be directly injected.
> +                        * So let's pretend that they are HW interrupts,
> +                        * tied to a host IRQ.
> +                        */
>  			err = irq_set_irqchip_state(irq->host_irq,
>  						    IRQCHIP_STATE_PENDING,
>  						    true);

Do you really see this as an improvement? I don't think we need to
paraphrase the code, which is pretty obvious. If anything, I'd happily
remove the *existing* comment.

	M.

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