Re: [PATCH v2] xen: HVM X2APIC support

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Mon Dec 06 2010 - 15:41:14 EST


> +static inline uint32_t xen_cpuid_base(void)
> +{
> + uint32_t base, eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
> + char signature[13];
> +
> + for (base = 0x40000000; base < 0x40010000; base += 0x100) {
> + cpuid(base, &eax, &ebx, &ecx, &edx);
> + *(uint32_t *)(signature + 0) = ebx;
> + *(uint32_t *)(signature + 4) = ecx;
> + *(uint32_t *)(signature + 8) = edx;
> + signature[12] = 0;
> +
> + if (!strcmp("XenVMMXenVMM", signature) && ((eax - base) >= 2))
> + return base;
> + }
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_XEN
> +extern bool xen_hvm_need_lapic(void);
> +
> +static inline bool xen_para_available(void)
> +{
> + return xen_hvm_need_lapic();
> +}
> +#else
> +static inline bool xen_para_available(void)
> +{
> + return (xen_cpuid_base() != 0);

Would it make sense to collapse the kvm_para_available and
the xen_cpuid_base together (and maybe even the HyperV detection code)
together in one and just return "x2_apic_para_capable" ?

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