linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Drop {read,write}

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 06:15:30 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Stephane Eranian <eranian@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        FengTang <feng.tang@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        PavelMachek <pavel@....cz>, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/paravirt: Drop {read,write}_cr8() hooks

On 15.07.19 17:16, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> There is a lot of infrastructure for functionality which is used
> exclusively in __{save,restore}_processor_state() on the suspend/resume
> path.
> 
> cr8 is an alias of APIC_TASKPRI, and APIC_TASKPRI is saved/restored by
> lapic_{suspend,resume}().  Saving and restoring cr8 independently of the
> rest of the Local APIC state isn't a clever thing to be doing.
> 
> Delete the suspend/resume cr8 handling, which shrinks the size of struct
> saved_context, and allows for the removal of both PVOPS.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>

Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>


Juergen