linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] KVM: x86: Kill off pdptrs

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Date:   Fri, 23 Apr 2021 09:04:18 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] KVM: x86: Kill off pdptrs_changed()

On 23/04/21 02:06, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Remove pdptrs_changed(), which is mostly dead anyways, and the few bits
> that are still thrashing are useless.
> 
> This conflicts with Maxim's work to migrate PDPTRs out-of-band, but I
> think it will conflict in a good way as the "skip load_pdptrs()"
> logic for the out-of-band case won't have to juggle this legacy crud.

Maxim, can you integrate these patches in your series yourself?

Thanks,

Paolo

> Sean Christopherson (4):
>    KVM: nVMX: Drop obsolete (and pointless) pdptrs_changed() check
>    KVM: nSVM: Drop pointless pdptrs_changed() check on nested transition
>    KVM: x86: Always load PDPTRs on CR3 load for SVM w/o NPT and a PAE
>      guest
>    KVM: x86: Unexport kvm_read_guest_page_mmu()
> 
>   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  4 ----
>   arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c       |  6 ++---
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c       |  8 +++----
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              | 41 ++++-----------------------------
>   4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
>