linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/20] KVM: VMX: Remove unnecessary code in vmx_tlb

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Message-Id: <11838956892130-git-send-email-avi@qumranet.com>
Date:	Sun,  8 Jul 2007 14:54:39 +0300
From:	Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
To:	kvm-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/20] KVM: VMX: Remove unnecessary code in vmx_tlb_flush()

A vmexit implicitly flushes the tlb; the code is bogus.

Noted by Shaohua Li.

Signed-off-by: Avi Kivity <avi@...ranet.com>
---
 drivers/kvm/vmx.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index 42a9163..7d04ffa 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1987,7 +1987,6 @@ static int dm_request_for_irq_injection(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 static void vmx_flush_tlb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	vmcs_writel(GUEST_CR3, vmcs_readl(GUEST_CR3));
 }
 
 static int vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
-- 
1.5.2.2

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