From: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
To: kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>, Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>,
James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>,
Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@arm.com>,
Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@arm.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>,
Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
David Brazdil <dbrazdil@google.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] KVM: arm64: Extend comment in has_vhe()
Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2021 19:33:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210603183347.1695-3-will@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210603183347.1695-1-will@kernel.org>
has_vhe() expands to a compile-time constant when evaluated from the VHE
or nVHE code, alternatively checking a static key when called from
elsewhere in the kernel. On face value, this looks like a case of
premature optimization, but in fact this allows symbol references on
VHE-specific code paths to be dropped from the nVHE object.
Expand the comment in has_vhe() to make this clearer, hopefully
discouraging anybody from simplifying the code.
Cc: David Brazdil <dbrazdil@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h
index 7379f35ae2c6..3218ca17f819 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h
@@ -111,6 +111,9 @@ static __always_inline bool has_vhe(void)
/*
* Code only run in VHE/NVHE hyp context can assume VHE is present or
* absent. Otherwise fall back to caps.
+ * This allows the compiler to discard VHE-specific code from the
+ * nVHE object, reducing the number of external symbol references
+ * needed to link.
*/
if (is_vhe_hyp_code())
return true;
--
2.32.0.rc0.204.g9fa02ecfa5-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-03 18:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-03 18:33 [PATCH 0/4] kvm/arm64: Initial pKVM user ABI Will Deacon
2021-06-03 18:33 ` [PATCH 1/4] KVM: arm64: Ignore 'kvm-arm.mode=protected' when using VHE Will Deacon
2021-06-04 14:01 ` Mark Rutland
2021-06-07 19:28 ` Will Deacon
2021-06-03 18:33 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2021-06-04 14:09 ` [PATCH 2/4] KVM: arm64: Extend comment in has_vhe() Mark Rutland
2021-06-03 18:33 ` [PATCH 3/4] KVM: arm64: Parse reserved-memory node for pkvm guest firmware region Will Deacon
2021-06-04 14:21 ` Mark Rutland
2021-06-08 12:03 ` Will Deacon
2021-06-03 18:33 ` [RFC PATCH 4/4] KVM: arm64: Introduce KVM_CAP_ARM_PROTECTED_VM Will Deacon
2021-06-03 20:15 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-06-08 12:08 ` Will Deacon
2021-06-11 13:25 ` Alexandru Elisei
2021-06-04 14:41 ` Mark Rutland
2021-06-08 12:06 ` Will Deacon
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