>>> On 16.11.16 at 14:01, <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> wrote:
> On 16/11/16 12:53, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>>>> On 16.11.16 at 13:31, <andrew.coop...@citrix.com> wrote:
>>> This reduces the net complexity of CPUID handling by having all adjustments 
>>> in
>>> at the same place.  Remove the now-unused vpmu_do_cpuid() infrastructure.
>> I have to admit that I'm not convinced this is a good idea at this point,
>> due to the added redundancy. Iirc your plan is to combine hvm_cpuid()
>> and pv_cpuid() anyway, at which point the folding done here would be
>> quite a bit more natural.
> 
> Indeed, to guest_cpuid().
> 
> It is far easier to reason about the safety of both changes by first
> untangling the calltree, then merging the functions.  I tried it the
> other way first, but that is far more complicated change.

Well, let's see what others think.

Jan


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