Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH RFC v12 15/21] pvh: Set up more PV stuff in set_info_guest

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 20.09.13 at 16:50, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 18/09/13 16:17, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 13.09.13 at 18:25, George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> +int vmx_pvh_vcpu_boot_set_info(struct vcpu *v,
>>> +                               struct vcpu_guest_context *ctxtp)
>>> +{
>>> +    if ( ctxtp->ldt_base || ctxtp->ldt_ents ||
>>> +         ctxtp->user_regs.cs || ctxtp->user_regs.ss || ctxtp->user_regs.es 
>>> ||
>>> +         ctxtp->user_regs.ds || ctxtp->user_regs.fs || ctxtp->user_regs.gs 
>>> ||
>>> +         *ctxtp->gdt_frames || ctxtp->gdt_ents ||
>> Don't know why I didn't spot this earlier, but the gdt_frames check
>> is pointless when gdt_ents is verified to be zero.
> 
> You know, looking at this again -- is there a reason we can't just put 
> this in hvm_set_info_guest()?  It's already only called from that one 
> place, only a few lines before.  There doesn't really seem to be a need 
> to have yet another function for just a few lines.

Indeed - only the VMX specific piece belongs here; everything
else should be in the generic wrapper (which perhaps then
won't be a simple wrapper anymore).

Jan


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