Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: x86: kvm_hv_flush_tlb use inputs from XMM registers

From: Wei Liu
Date: Mon Apr 12 2021 - 16:13:28 EST


On Mon, Apr 12, 2021 at 07:00:16PM +0200, Siddharth Chandrasekaran wrote:
> +
> +static inline void kvm_hv_hypercall_read_xmm(struct kvm_hv_hcall *hc)

Do you really need inline here? The compiler should be smart enough to
inline this function if necessary.

> +{
> + int reg;
> +
> + kvm_fpu_get();
> + for (reg = 0; reg < KVM_HV_HYPERCALL_MAX_XMM_REGISTERS; reg++)
> + _kvm_read_sse_reg(reg, &hc->xmm[reg]);
> + kvm_fpu_put();
> + hc->xmm_dirty = false;

There is no code that sets xmm_dirty to true? What am I missing? I guess
that's because you haven't implemented the hypercalls that need writing
back to guest?

Wei.