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Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] x86/viridian: Implement synthetic timer direct mode


  • To: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2026 11:02:44 +0200
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  • Delivery-date: Mon, 07 Sep 2026 09:02:51 +0000
  • List-id: Xen developer discussion <xen-devel.lists.xenproject.org>

On 04.09.2026 16:15, Ross Lagerwall wrote:
> @@ -368,11 +379,18 @@ int viridian_time_wrmsr(struct vcpu *v, uint32_t idx, 
> uint64_t val)
>          if ( !(viridian_feature_mask(d) & HVMPV_stimer) )
>              return X86EMUL_EXCEPTION;
>  
> +        new.as_uint64 = val;
> +        if ( new.direct_mode &&
> +             !(viridian_feature_mask(d) & HVMPV_stimer_direct) )
> +            return X86EMUL_EXCEPTION;
> +
>          stop_stimer(vs);
>  
>          vs->config.as_uint64 = val;
>  
> -        if ( !vs->config.sintx || !vs->count )
> +        if ( (vs->config.direct_mode &&
> +              (vs->config.sintx || vs->config.apic_vector < 0x10)) ||
> +             (!vs->config.direct_mode && !vs->config.sintx) || !vs->count )
>              vs->config.enable = 0;

Personally I find conditionals like this one ((a && ...) || (!a && ...))
pretty odd to read. Imo that's a case where the conditional operator is
quite helpful:

        if ( (vs->config.direct_mode
              ? vs->config.sintx || vs->config.apic_vector < 0x10
              : !vs->config.sintx) ||
             !vs->count )

(Of course further adjustments are going to be needed here to address
Roger's comment.)

Jan



 


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