linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: VMX: make MSR bitmaps per-VCPU

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Date:   Mon, 29 Jan 2018 11:35:58 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
        KarimAllah Ahmed <karahmed@...zon.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: VMX: make MSR bitmaps per-VCPU

On 27.01.2018 09:50, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Place the MSR bitmap in struct loaded_vmcs, and update it in place
> every time the x2apic or APICv state can change.  This is rare and
> the loop can handle 64 MSRs per iteration, in a similar fashion as
> nested_vmx_prepare_msr_bitmap.
> 
> This prepares for choosing, on a per-VM basis, whether to intercept
> the SPEC_CTRL and PRED_CMD MSRs.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---

I really like this change and didn't spot anything obvious.

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>


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Thanks,

David / dhildenb