Thread (11 messages) 11 messages, 3 authors, 2021-05-06

Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: X86: Rename DR6_INIT to DR6_ACTIVE_LOW

From: Xiaoyao Li <hidden>
Date: 2021-02-02 15:04:46
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On 2/2/2021 10:49 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
On 02/02/21 10:04, Chenyi Qiang wrote:
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 #define DR6_FIXED_1    0xfffe0ff0
-#define DR6_INIT    0xffff0ff0
+/*
+ * DR6_ACTIVE_LOW is actual the result of DR6_FIXED_1 | ACTIVE_LOW_BITS.
+ * We can regard all the current FIXED_1 bits as active_low bits even
+ * though in no case they will be turned into 0. But if they are defined
+ * in the future, it will require no code change.
+ * At the same time, it can be served as the init/reset value for DR6.
+ */
+#define DR6_ACTIVE_LOW    0xffff0ff0
 #define DR6_VOLATILE    0x0001e00f
Committed with some changes in the wording of the comment.

Also, DR6_FIXED_1 is (DR6_ACTIVE_LOW & ~DR6_VOLATILE).
Maybe we can add BUILD_BUG_ON() to make sure the correctness?
Paolo
  
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