Re: [PATCH v3 2/6] KVM: VMX: Extend BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW macro to support 64-bit variation

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 06/08/21 00:32, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > -BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(vm_entry, VM_ENTRY_CONTROLS)
> > -BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(vm_exit, VM_EXIT_CONTROLS)
> > -BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(pin, PIN_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL)
> > -BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(exec, CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL)
> > -BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(secondary_exec, SECONDARY_VM_EXEC_CONTROL)
> > +BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(vm_entry, VM_ENTRY_CONTROLS, 32)
> > +BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(vm_exit, VM_EXIT_CONTROLS, 32)
> > +BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(pin, PIN_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 32)
> > +BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(exec, CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 32)
> > +BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(secondary_exec, SECONDARY_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 32)
> > +BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(tertiary_exec, TERTIARY_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 64)
>
> This fails to compile because all the TERTIARY collateral is in a later patch.
>
> I think I'd also prefer hiding the 32/64 param via more macros, e.g.
>
> #define __BUILD_CONTROLS_SHADOW(lname, uname, bits)				\

No, please don't. :)  Also because the 64 bit version is used only once.

Agreed on keeping everything here except for TERTIARY_VM_EXEC_CONTROL, 
and moving that line to patch 3.

Paolo