Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 27/09/2018 13:07, Roman Kagan wrote: ... >> >> I must say that now it looks even more tempting to follow the same >> pattern as your kvm_hv_flush_tlb: define a function that would call >> kvm_apic_set_irq() on all vcpus in a mask (optimizing the all-set case >> with a NULL mask), and make kvm_hv_send_ipi perform the same hv_vp_set >> -> vcpu_mask transformation followed by calling into that function. > > > It would perhaps be cleaner, but really kvm_apic_set_irq is as efficient > as it can be, since it takes the destination vcpu directly. > > The code duplication for walking the sparse set is a bit ugly, perhaps > that could be changed to use an iterator macro. I actually like Roman's suggestion on how to re-write kvm_hv_flush_tlb() and I also agree that it would be easier for future readers if we write kvm_hv_send_ipi() in a similar way. Actually, I already have v7 in my stash, will be sending it out shortly. -- Vitaly