linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 6/9] KVM: nSVM: move kvm_set_cr3() after nested_svm_uninit_mmu

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Date:   Thu, 9 Jul 2020 19:51:49 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Junaid Shahid <junaids@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 6/9] KVM: nSVM: move kvm_set_cr3() after
 nested_svm_uninit_mmu_context()

On 09/07/20 16:53, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Note, the change is effectively a nop: when !npt_enabled,
> nested_svm_uninit_mmu_context() does nothing (as we don't do
> nested_svm_init_mmu_context()) and with npt_enabled we don't
> do kvm_set_cr3() but we're about to switch to nested_svm_load_cr3().

Thanks for pointing this out!

Paolo