Anthony Liguori wrote:
+/*
+ * Control register reads can be trapped.  Since trapping is relatively
+ * expensive, we can avoid paying the cost by caching logically.
+ */
+static unsigned long kvm_read_cr(int reg)
+{
+       struct kvm_paravirt_state *state
+               = per_cpu(paravirt_state, smp_processor_id());
+
+       if (unlikely(!state->cr_valid[reg])) {
+               if (reg == 0)
+                       state->cached_cr[reg] = native_read_cr0();
+               else if (reg == 3)
+                       state->cached_cr[reg] = native_read_cr3();
+               else if (reg == 4)
+                       state->cached_cr[reg] = native_read_cr4();
+               else
+                       BUG();
+               state->cr_valid[reg] = 1;
+       }
+       return state->cached_cr[reg];
+}
+

It would be good to declare this (and kvm_write_cr) always_inline. These functions are never called with a non-constant reg parameters, and the unsightly if tree (more readable as a switch, IMO) will fold nicely when inlined.


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error compiling committee.c: too many arguments to function

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