linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/kvm/nVMX: avoid redundant double assignment of nested_run

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Date:   Thu, 23 Aug 2018 18:24:24 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/kvm/nVMX: avoid redundant double assignment of nested_run_pending

nested_run_pending is set 20 lines above and check_vmentry_prereqs()/
check_vmentry_postreqs() don't seem to be resetting it (the later, however,
checks it).

Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 6c3514750d0c..8a63b8cf9458 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -14221,9 +14221,6 @@ static int vmx_set_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	    check_vmentry_postreqs(vcpu, vmcs12, &exit_qual))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	if (kvm_state->flags & KVM_STATE_NESTED_RUN_PENDING)
-		vmx->nested.nested_run_pending = 1;
-
 	vmx->nested.dirty_vmcs12 = true;
 	ret = enter_vmx_non_root_mode(vcpu, NULL);
 	if (ret)
-- 
2.14.4