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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 03/15] xen/arm: Introduce helpers to clear/flags flags in HCR_EL2



On Tue, 14 Aug 2018, Julien Grall wrote:
> Hi Stefano,
> 
> On 08/14/2018 10:49 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Aug 2018, Julien Grall wrote:
> > > Hi Stefano,
> > > 
> > > On 08/14/2018 09:46 PM, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2018, Julien Grall wrote:
> > > > > A couple of places in the code will need to clear/set flags in HCR_EL2
> > > > > for a given vCPU and then replicate into the hardware. Introduce
> > > > > helpers and replace open-coded version.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > 
> > > > The macros look good, but I grepped for them in your series and there
> > > > are no more callers. What places are you referring to that they will
> > > > need them?
> > > 
> > > I split some of my work in 2 part to reduce the size of the series. This
> > > will
> > > be used in another series where updating HCR for trapping TTBR/SCTLR* will
> > > be
> > > dynamic.
> > > 
> > > Although in general, this is an improvement compare to the current code as
> > > it
> > > makes clear what needs to be updated when modifying HCR.
> > 
> > Yes, it is, but normally I would only introduce vcpu_hcr_set_flags in
> > this series, because vcpu_hcr_clear_flags is left completely unused?
> 
> Well, it makes sense to keep the pair together. I am happy to move that patch
> in the other if you prefer.

Sounds good. When you do that, you can directly add my reviewed-by.

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