Re: [PATCH 19/38] KVM: Make __set_efer() an arch operation

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Nov 27 2006 - 08:40:47 EST


On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 12:29:38PM -0000, Avi Kivity wrote:
> #ifdef __x86_64__
> - __set_efer(vcpu, sregs->efer);
> + kvm_arch_ops->set_efer(vcpu, sregs->efer);
> #endif

I think it would be much better to make ->set_efer a noop for 32bit,
and have different operation vectors for 32 vs 64 bit.

> #ifdef __x86_64__
> - __set_efer(vcpu, 0);
> + vmx_set_efer(vcpu, 0);
> #endif

Similarly vmx_set_efer should just become a noop on 32bit.
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