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Message-ID: <CANRm+CzYT6mcpOjGCCQA8dj-WdudcZzf5d4Z6Z4coXOryDxsFA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 28 Jun 2017 22:23:37 +0800
From:   Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@...il.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kvm <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@...mail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 3/4] KVM: async_pf: Force a nested vmexit if the
 injected #PF is async_pf

2017-06-28 22:20 GMT+08:00 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>:
>
>
> On 28/06/2017 16:17, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>>> If for now we can leave out the GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS changes, that would
>>> be best.  nested_apf and nested_apf_token should be migrated together
>>> with the rest of the nested virt state.
>> Radim explains why we at least needs nested_apf here:
>>
>>> nested_apf is not #PF: if we didn't pass nested_apf, then the exception would be injected as #PF to L2 after migration.
>
> Yes, but migration of a L1 hypervisor is broken anyway.
>
>> Do you mean we can ignore it here and depends on Jim's patches to
>> completely handle it?
>
> Ignore it here, remember it when someone picks up Jim's patches, and
> also serialize nested_apf_token.

Ok, I will remove GET/SET_VCPU_EVENTS stuff in the next version.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

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