linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 08/43] KVM: SVM: Drop explicit MMU reset at RESET/INIT

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Message-ID: <CAAeT=FzE9BREDyK2C3LWdGxArucCi8jF24OLTsL4QrYz0p57Yg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 May 2021 22:32:31 -0700
From:   Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/43] KVM: SVM: Drop explicit MMU reset at RESET/INIT

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 5:48 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Drop an explicit MMU reset in SVM's vCPU RESET/INIT flow now that the
> common x86 path correctly handles conditional MMU resets, e.g. if INIT
> arrives while the vCPU is in 64-bit mode.
>
> This reverts commit ebae871a509d ("kvm: svm: reset mmu on VCPU reset").
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@...gle.com>