Re: [PATCH 11/14] KVM: nVMX: hyper-v: Introduce nested_vmx_evmptr12() and nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_valid() helpers

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Nov 29 2023 - 20:24:44 EST


On Wed, Oct 25, 2023, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> 'vmx->nested.hv_evmcs_vmptr' accesses are all over the place so hiding
> 'hv_evmcs_vmptr' under 'ifdef CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV' would take a lot of
> ifdefs. Introduce 'nested_vmx_evmptr12()' accessor and
> 'nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_valid()' checker instead. Note, several explicit
>
> nested_vmx_evmptr12(vmx) != EVMPTR_INVALID
>
> comparisons exist for a reson: 'nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_valid()' also checks
> against 'EVMPTR_MAP_PENDING' and in these places this is undesireable. It
> is possible to e.g. introduce 'nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_invalid()' and turn
> these sites into
>
> !nested_vmx_is_evmptr12_invalid(vmx)
>
> eliminating the need for 'nested_vmx_evmptr12()' but this seems to create
> even more confusion.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.h | 10 +++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 44 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.h
> index 933ef6cad5e6..ba1a95ea72b7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/hyperv.h
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>
> #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
> #include "vmcs12.h"
> +#include "vmx.h"
>
> #define EVMPTR_INVALID (-1ULL)
> #define EVMPTR_MAP_PENDING (-2ULL)
> @@ -20,7 +21,14 @@ enum nested_evmptrld_status {
> EVMPTRLD_ERROR,
> };
>
> +struct vcpu_vmx;

This forward declaration should be unnecessary as it's defined by vmx.h, which
is included above.