linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: nVMX: Track whether changes in L0 require MSR bitmap for L2 to be rebuilt

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Message-ID: <a2142175-c0f3-c511-4a55-ad22fb732af0@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 11 Oct 2021 18:44:19 +0200
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] KVM: nVMX: Track whether changes in L0 require MSR
 bitmap for L2 to be rebuilt

On 11/10/21 17:13, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>>
>> The changelog kind of covers that, but those details will be completely lost to
>> readers of the code.
> Would it help if we rename 'msr_bitmap_changed' to something?

Yeah, what about 'msr_bitmap_force_recalc'?

Paolo