linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: x86: svm: remove unneeded nested_enable

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 09:57:25 -0700
From:   Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Roman Kagan <rkagan@...tuozzo.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: x86: svm: remove unneeded nested_enable_evmcs() hook

On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 9:04 AM Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Since commit 5158917c7b019 ("KVM: x86: nVMX: Allow nested_enable_evmcs to
> be NULL") the code in x86.c is prepared to see nested_enable_evmcs being
> NULL and in VMX case it actually is when nesting is disabled. Remove the
> unneeded stub from SVM code.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>