[PATCH v3 05/11] kvm: arm64: Remove hyp_adr/ldr_this_cpu

Will Deacon will at kernel.org
Mon Sep 21 13:15:05 EDT 2020


On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 03:53:20PM +0100, David Brazdil wrote:
> > Cosmetic, but I think it would be cleaner just to define two variants of the
> > macro here:
> > 
> > #if defined(__KVM_NVHE_HYPERVISOR__) || defined(__KVM_VHE_HYPERVISOR__)
> > 	.macro  this_cpu_offset, dst
> > 	mrs     \dst, tpidr_el2
> > 	.endm
> > #else
> > 	.macro  this_cpu_offset, dst
> > alternative_if_not ARM64_HAS_VIRT_HOST_EXTN
> > 	mrs     \dst, tpidr_el1
> > alternative_else
> > 	mrs     \dst, tpidr_el2
> > alternative_endif
> > 	.endm
> > #endif
> 
> Sure.

Ta.

> > (and should we have a shorthand __HYPERVISOR define to avoid the NVHE || VHE
> > logic?)
> 
> Happy to add this but let's agree on the details.
>  * name: just __HYPERVISOR or __KVM_HYPERVISOR__?

Hey, I leave the hard decisions to others!

>  * defined where? I'm wary of defining it in a header file because then sombody
>    will forget to add it and 'ifdef HYP' will be skipped. So I'd put this as
>    another '-D__HYPERVISOR' in the build rules. Do you agree?

Hmm, that's a good point. Leave that part as-is for now then and we can
tackle it separately if it comes up again.

Will



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