linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] KVM: nVMX: Handle dynamic MSR intercept toggling

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Message-ID: <fe8329d4-3b80-7eda-a2ab-be282b4aa31b@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:22:12 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     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, Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>,
        Yuan Yao <yaoyuan0329os@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] KVM: nVMX: Handle dynamic MSR intercept toggling

On 17/03/21 17:50, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> Feel free to squash patch 3 in this one or reorder it before; it makes sense
>> to make them macros when you go from 4 to 6 functions.
> I put them in a separate patch so that backporting the fix for the older FS/GS
> nVMX bug was at least feasible.  Not worth it?

Going all the way back to 5.2 would almost certainly have other 
conflicts, so probably not.

Paolo