[PATCH 36/44] KVM: x86: Do compatibility checks when onlining CPU
Isaku Yamahata
isaku.yamahata at gmail.com
Fri Nov 4 00:18:19 PDT 2022
On Thu, Nov 03, 2022 at 10:34:10PM +0000,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 03, 2022, Isaku Yamahata wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 02, 2022 at 11:19:03PM +0000,
> > Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com> wrote:
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > > index f223c845ed6e..c99222b71fcc 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> > > @@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_nested_ops {
> > > };
> > >
> > > struct kvm_x86_init_ops {
> > > - int (*check_processor_compatibility)(void);
> > > + int (*check_processor_compatibility)(int cpu);
> >
> > Is this cpu argument used only for error message to include cpu number
> > with avoiding repeating raw_smp_processor_id() in pr_err()?
>
> Yep.
>
> > The actual check is done on the current executing cpu.
> >
> > If cpu != raw_smp_processor_id(), cpu is wrong. Although the function is called
> > in non-preemptive context, it's a bit confusing. So voting to remove it and
> > to use.
>
> What if I rename the param is this_cpu? I 100% agree the argument is confusing
> as-is, but forcing all the helpers to manually grab the cpu is quite annoying.
Makes sense. Let's settle it with this_cpu.
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Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata at gmail.com>
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