linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 39/46] KVM: VMX: Don't redo x2APIC MSR bitmaps when userspace filter is changed

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Date:   Tue, 13 Jul 2021 09:33:17 -0700
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.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, Reiji Watanabe <reijiw@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 39/46] KVM: VMX: Don't redo x2APIC MSR bitmaps when
 userspace filter is changed

Drop an explicit call to update the x2APIC MSRs when the userspace MSR
filter is modified.  The x2APIC MSRs are deliberately exempt from
userspace filtering.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index f605b43d28e1..d5a174ff20f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3936,7 +3936,6 @@ static void vmx_msr_filter_changed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 
 	pt_update_intercept_for_msr(vcpu);
-	vmx_update_msr_bitmap_x2apic(vcpu, vmx_msr_bitmap_mode(vcpu));
 }
 
 static inline bool kvm_vcpu_trigger_posted_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
-- 
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