[PATCH v3 3/7] Drivers: hv: Provide arch-neutral implementation of get_vtl()

[Saurabh Singh Sengar]

On Sat, Aug 03, 2024 at 01:21:52AM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 03:59:06PM -0700, Roman Kisel wrote:
> > To run in the VTL mode, Hyper-V drivers have to know what
> > VTL the system boots in, and the arm64/hyperv code does not
> > have the means to compute that.
> > 
> > Refactor the code to hoist the function that detects VTL,
> > make it arch-neutral to be able to employ it to get the VTL
> > on arm64. Fix the hypercall output address in `get_vtl(void)`
> > not to overlap with the hypercall input area to adhere to
> > the Hyper-V TLFS.
> 
> Can you split the fix out? That potentially can be backported.
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Roman Kisel <romank at linux.microsoft.com>
> > ---
> > +
> > +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HYPERV_VTL_MODE)
> > +u8 __init get_vtl(void)
> > +{
> > +	u64 control = HV_HYPERCALL_REP_COMP_1 | HVCALL_GET_VP_REGISTERS;
> > +	struct hv_get_vp_registers_input *input;
> > +	struct hv_get_vp_registers_output *output;
> > +	unsigned long flags;
> > +	u64 ret;
> > +
> > +	local_irq_save(flags);
> > +	input = *this_cpu_ptr(hyperv_pcpu_input_arg);
> > +	output = *this_cpu_ptr(hyperv_pcpu_output_arg);
> 
> Hmm... I don't remember why the old code didn't use
> hyperv_pcpu_output_arg but instead reused input+OFFSET as output.
> 
> Saurabh, can you comment on this?

This was done to optimize memory usage. Michael has provided more
details on this in his review of the patch today.