On 06.02.2024 02:20, George Dunlap wrote: > --- a/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/svm/svm.h > +++ b/xen/arch/x86/include/asm/hvm/svm/svm.h > @@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ extern u32 svm_feature_flags; > #define SVM_FEATURE_SSS 19 /* NPT Supervisor Shadow Stacks */ > #define SVM_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL 20 /* MSR_SPEC_CTRL virtualisation */ > > -#define cpu_has_svm_feature(f) (svm_feature_flags & (1u << (f))) > +static inline bool cpu_has_svm_feature(unsigned int feat) > +{ > + return svm_feature_flags & (1u << (feat)); > +} > #define cpu_has_svm_npt cpu_has_svm_feature(SVM_FEATURE_NPT) > #define cpu_has_svm_lbrv cpu_has_svm_feature(SVM_FEATURE_LBRV) > #define cpu_has_svm_svml cpu_has_svm_feature(SVM_FEATURE_SVML)
Having seen patch 4 now, I have to raise the question here as well: Why do we need a separate variable (svm_feature_flags) when we could use the host policy (provided it isn't abused; see comments on patch 4)? Jan