On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 09:33:50AM +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: > Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > + if ((old == 0) == (new == 0)) > > + return; > > This is a very laconic expression I personally find hard to read :-) > > /* Check if WE actually changed APICv state */ > if ((!old && !new) || (old && new)) > return; > > would be my preference (not strong though, I read yours several times > and now I feel like I understand it just fine :-) Or maybe this to avoid so many equals signs? if (!old == !new) return;