linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Fix and tweak the comments for VM-Enter

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Message-ID: <CALMp9eQvy-UH3=Puq0AzM-f-C-5wFL1amWubRStZa2aH-m6ebA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:22:47 -0700
From:   Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Fix and tweak the comments for VM-Enter

On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 1:11 PM Sean Christopherson
<sean.j.christopherson@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Fix an incorrect/stale comment regarding the vmx_vcpu pointer, as guest
> registers are now loaded using a direct pointer to the start of the
> register array.
>
> Opportunistically add a comment to document why the vmx_vcpu pointer is
> needed, its consumption via 'call vmx_update_host_rsp' is rather subtle.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>