linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Part2 PATCH v3 04/26] KVM: SVM: Prepare to reserve asid for SEV guest

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Date:   Tue, 12 Sep 2017 21:54:33 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        "Michael S . Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        \"Radim Krčmář\" <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Subject: Re: [RFC Part2 PATCH v3 04/26] KVM: SVM: Prepare to reserve asid for
 SEV guest

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 03:02:41PM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> In current implementation, asid allocation starts from 1, this patch

Never say "This patch" in a commit message of a patch. It is
tautologically useless.

> adds a min_asid variable in svm_vcpu structure to allow starting asid
> from something other than 1.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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    Boris.

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