linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 09/10] KVM: VMX: Cache vmx->exit_reason in local u16 in vmx_handle_exit

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Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:50:07 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/10] KVM: VMX: Cache vmx->exit_reason in local u16 in
 vmx_handle_exit_irqoff()

On 13/03/20 15:09, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com> writes:
> 
>> Use a u16 to hold the exit reason in vmx_handle_exit_irqoff(), as the
>> checks for INTR/NMI/WRMSR expect to encounter only the basic exit reason
>> in vmx->exit_reason.
>>
> True Sean would also add:
> 
> "No functional change intended."
> 
> "Opportunistically align the params to handle_external_interrupt_irqoff()."

Ahah that's perhaps a bit too much, but "no functional change intended"
makes sense.

Paolo