Re: [PATCH v1] KVM: VMX: Remove unnecessary parentheses

["BillXiang" <xiangwencheng@lanxincomputing.com>]

On 3/6/2026 7:54 AM, Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
> From: Xin Li <xin@zytor.com>
> 
> Drop redundant parentheses; & takes precedence over &&.

I would not recommend relying on default operator precedence.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Li <xin@zytor.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h | 10 +++++-----
>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
> index 4e371c93ae16..0dad9e7c4ff4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ static inline bool cpu_has_load_perf_global_ctrl(void)
>   
>   static inline bool cpu_has_load_cet_ctrl(void)
>   {
> -	return (vmcs_config.vmentry_ctrl & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_CET_STATE);
> +	return vmcs_config.vmentry_ctrl & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_CET_STATE;
>   }
>   
>   static inline bool cpu_has_save_perf_global_ctrl(void)
> @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_ept(void)
>   static inline bool vmx_umip_emulated(void)
>   {
>   	return !boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_UMIP) &&
> -	       (vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl & SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC);
> +	       vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl & SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC;
>   }
>   
>   static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_rdtscp(void)
> @@ -376,9 +376,9 @@ static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_invvpid_global(void)
>   
>   static inline bool cpu_has_vmx_intel_pt(void)
>   {
> -	return (vmcs_config.misc & VMX_MISC_INTEL_PT) &&
> -		(vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl & SECONDARY_EXEC_PT_USE_GPA) &&
> -		(vmcs_config.vmentry_ctrl & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_RTIT_CTL);
> +	return vmcs_config.misc & VMX_MISC_INTEL_PT &&
> +	       vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl & SECONDARY_EXEC_PT_USE_GPA &&
> +	       vmcs_config.vmentry_ctrl & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_RTIT_CTL;
>   }

Removing the parentheses could significantly reduce code readability here.

>   
>   /*
> 
> base-commit: 5128b972fb2801ad9aca54d990a75611ab5283a9