linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] KVM: SVM: Drop VMXE check from svm_set

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Date:   Tue,  6 Oct 2020 18:44:14 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Stas Sergeev <stsp@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] KVM: SVM: Drop VMXE check from svm_set_cr4()

Drop svm_set_cr4()'s explicit check CR4.VMXE now that common x86 handles
the check by incorporating VMXE into the CR4 reserved bits, via
kvm_cpu_caps.  SVM obviously does not set X86_FEATURE_VMX.

No functional change intended.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 4f401fc6a05d..f92a19b77da3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1684,9 +1684,6 @@ int svm_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
 	unsigned long host_cr4_mce = cr4_read_shadow() & X86_CR4_MCE;
 	unsigned long old_cr4 = to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.cr4;
 
-	if (cr4 & X86_CR4_VMXE)
-		return 1;
-
 	if (npt_enabled && ((old_cr4 ^ cr4) & X86_CR4_PGE))
 		svm_flush_tlb(vcpu);
 
-- 
2.28.0