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Date:   Fri, 5 Nov 2021 01:00:31 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/4] KVM: VMX: Introduce vmx_msr_bitmap_l01_changed()
 helper

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> In preparation to enabling 'Enlightened MSR Bitmap' feature for Hyper-V
> guests move MSR bitmap update tracking to a dedicated helper.
> 
> Note: vmx_msr_bitmap_l01_changed() is called when MSR bitmap might be
> updated. KVM doesn't check if the bit we're trying to set is already set
> (or the bit it's trying to clear is already cleared). Such situations
> should not be common and a few false positives should not be a problem.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

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