linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/17] KVM: retpolines: x86: eliminate retpoline from vmx.c exit handlers

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Message-ID: <4e5e3459-98a3-8263-f328-f2e636d5e046@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 24 Sep 2019 02:37:17 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>,
        Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
        Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/17] KVM: retpolines: x86: eliminate retpoline from
 vmx.c exit handlers

On 24/09/19 02:35, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> I agree.  I think the way Andrea did it in his patch may not the nicest
>> but is (a bit surprisingly) the easiest and most maintainable.
> Heh, which patch?  The original patch of special casing the high
> priority exits?

Yes.

Paolo