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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: X86: Rename DR6_INIT to DR6_ACTIVE_LOW
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
        Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@intel.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
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From:   Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>
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Date:   Tue, 2 Feb 2021 23:02:20 +0800
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On 2/2/2021 10:49 PM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 02/02/21 10:04, Chenyi Qiang wrote:
>>
>>  #define DR6_FIXED_1    0xfffe0ff0
>> -#define DR6_INIT    0xffff0ff0
>> +/*
>> + * DR6_ACTIVE_LOW is actual the result of DR6_FIXED_1 | ACTIVE_LOW_BITS.
>> + * We can regard all the current FIXED_1 bits as active_low bits even
>> + * though in no case they will be turned into 0. But if they are defined
>> + * in the future, it will require no code change.
>> + * At the same time, it can be served as the init/reset value for DR6.
>> + */
>> +#define DR6_ACTIVE_LOW    0xffff0ff0
>>  #define DR6_VOLATILE    0x0001e00f
>>
> 
> Committed with some changes in the wording of the comment.
> 
> Also, DR6_FIXED_1 is (DR6_ACTIVE_LOW & ~DR6_VOLATILE).

Maybe we can add BUILD_BUG_ON() to make sure the correctness?

> Paolo
>