Re: [PATCH v1 2/8] x86/xen: simplify xen_oldmem_pfn_is_ram()

[Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 9/28/21 2:22 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> Let's simplify return handling.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/xen/mmu_hvm.c | 11 ++---------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_hvm.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_hvm.c
> index b242d1f4b426..eb61622df75b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu_hvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu_hvm.c
> @@ -21,23 +21,16 @@ static int xen_oldmem_pfn_is_ram(unsigned long pfn)
>               .domid = DOMID_SELF,
>               .pfn = pfn,
>       };
> -     int ram;
>  
>       if (HYPERVISOR_hvm_op(HVMOP_get_mem_type, &a))
>               return -ENXIO;
>  
>       switch (a.mem_type) {
>       case HVMMEM_mmio_dm:
> -             ram = 0;
> -             break;
> -     case HVMMEM_ram_rw:
> -     case HVMMEM_ram_ro:
> +             return 0;
>       default:
> -             ram = 1;
> -             break;
> +             return 1;
>       }
> -
> -     return ram;
>  }
>  #endif
>  


How about

    return a.mem_type != HVMMEM_mmio_dm;


Result should be promoted to int and this has added benefit of not requiring 
changes in patch 4.


-boris