linux-kernel - Re: [patch V2 7/7] x86/kvm/vmx: Use native read/write

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Message-ID: <6a465bb4-1e2e-7ad5-4842-00b07edd10cd@suse.com>
Date:   Thu, 9 Jul 2020 06:13:40 +0200
From:   Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [patch V2 7/7] x86/kvm/vmx: Use native read/write_cr2()

On 08.07.20 21:52, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> 
> read/write_cr2() go throuh the paravirt XXL indirection, but nested VMX in
> a XEN_PV guest is not supported.
> 
> Use the native variants.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

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


Juergen