[PATCH v4 5/5] x86, kvm: support vcpu preempted check

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 19/10/2016 19:24, Radim Krčmář wrote:
>> > +	if (vcpu->arch.st.msr_val & KVM_MSR_ENABLED)
>> > +		if (kvm_read_guest_cached(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.st.stime,
>> > +					&vcpu->arch.st.steal,
>> > +					sizeof(struct kvm_steal_time)) == 0) {
>> > +			vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = 1;
>> > +			kvm_write_guest_cached(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.st.stime,
>> > +					&vcpu->arch.st.steal,
>> > +					sizeof(struct kvm_steal_time));
>> > +		}
> Please name this block of code.  Something like
>   kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(vcpu);

While at it:

1) the kvm_read_guest_cached is not necessary.  You can rig the call to
kvm_write_guest_cached so that it only writes vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted.

2) split the patch in host and guest sides.

Paolo