linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 10/13] KVM: x86: use vcpu-specific functions to read/write/translate GFNs

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Message-ID: <55765FA8.3070609@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Tue, 09 Jun 2015 11:38:16 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org
CC:	rkrcmar@...hat.com, bdas@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 10/13] KVM: x86: use vcpu-specific functions to read/write/translate
 GFNs



On 05/28/2015 01:05 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> We need to hide SMRAM from guests not running in SMM.  Therefore,
> all uses of kvm_read_guest* and kvm_write_guest* must be changed to
> check whether the VCPU is in system management mode and use a
> different set of memslots.  Switch from kvm_* to the newly-introduced
> kvm_vcpu_*, which call into kvm_arch_vcpu_memslots_id.
>

Reviewed-by: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com>
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