linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/11] KVM: SVM: Change intercept

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Message-ID: <3737d3b5-0569-bba3-cda1-9967e9651365@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 31 Jul 2020 00:49:24 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>, Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>
Cc:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/11] KVM: SVM: Change intercept_dr to generic
 intercepts

On 31/07/20 00:41, Babu Moger wrote:
>> Let me try to understand.
>>
>> vmcb01 is &svm->vmcb->control;l
>> vmcb02 is &svm->nested.hsave->control
>> vmcb12 is  &svm->nested.ctl;

Right now we don't have a separate vmcb01/vmcb02, we have the current
and hsave VMCBs.  Cathy is working on it.

Just do the refactoring by passing the control area to
vmcb_set_intercept/vmcb_clr_intercept/vmcb_is_intercept.

>> The functions set_intercept and clr_intercept calls get_host_vmcb to get the
>> vmcb address.
>
> I will move the get_host_vmcb inside the caller and then call
> vmcb_set_intercept/vmcb_clr_intercept/vmcb_is_intercept directly.

Hmm no I think set_intercept and clr_intercept should remain as is.

Paolo

> I will re post the series. This will change the whole series a little bit.