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Date:   Mon, 2 Aug 2021 16:20:24 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To:     Zeng Guang <guang.zeng@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86/feat_ctl: Add new VMX feature, Tertiary
 VM-Execution control
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On Mon, Aug 02, 2021, Zeng Guang wrote:
> On 7/29/2021 7:44 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Fri, Jul 16, 2021, Zeng Guang wrote:
> > > @@ -42,6 +44,13 @@ static void init_vmx_capabilities(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
> > >   	rdmsr_safe(MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS2, &ign, &supported);
> > >   	c->vmx_capability[SECONDARY_CTLS] = supported;
> > > +	/*
> > > +	 * For tertiary execution controls MSR, it's actually a 64bit allowed-1.
> > > +	 */
> > > +	rdmsr_safe(MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS3, &ign, &supported);
> > > +	c->vmx_capability[TERTIARY_CTLS_LOW] = ign;
> > > +	c->vmx_capability[TERTIARY_CTLS_HIGH] = supported;
> > Assuming only the lower 32 bits are going to be used for the near future (next
> > few years), what about defining just TERTIARY_CTLS_LOW and then doing:
> > 
> > 	/*
> > 	 * Tertiary controls are 64-bit allowed-1, so unlikely other MSRs, the
> > 	 * upper bits are ignored (because they're not used, yet...).
> > 	 */
> > 	rdmsr_safe(MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS3, &supported, &ign);
> > 	c->vmx_capability[TERTIARY_CTLS_LOW] = supported;
> > 
> > I.e. punt the ugliness issue down the road a few years.
> Prefer to keep it complete, and use new variables like low/high consistent
> with its function meaning. Ok for that ?

Ya, either way works.