linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: Fixes for kvm/queue

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Message-ID: <7fc9348d-5bee-b5b6-4457-6bde1e749422@redhat.com>
Date:   Mon, 20 Dec 2021 17:49:30 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Cc:     Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: Fixes for kvm/queue

On 12/16/21 03:19, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> From: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...ux.alibaba.com>
> 
> Patch 1 and patch 2 are updated version of the original patches with
> the same title.  The original patches need to be dequeued.  (Paolo has
> sent the reverting patches to the mail list and done the work, but I
> haven't seen the original patches dequeued or reverted in the public
> kvm tree.  I need to learn a bit more how patches are managed in kvm
> tree.)

This cycle has been a bit more disorganized than usual, due to me taking 
some time off and a very unusual amount of patches sent for -rc. 
Usually kvm/queue is updated about once a week and kvm/next once every 
1-2 weeks.

> Patch 3 fixes for commit c62c7bd4f95b ("KVM: VMX: Update vmcs.GUEST_CR3
> only when the guest CR3 is dirty").  Patch 3 is better to be reordered
> to before the commit since the commit has not yet into Linus' tree.
> 
> 
> Lai Jiangshan (3):
>    KVM: VMX: Save HOST_CR3 in vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest()
>    KVM: X86: Ensure pae_root to be reconstructed for shadow paging if the
>      guest PDPTEs is changed
>    KVM: VMX: Mark VCPU_EXREG_CR3 dirty when !CR0_PG -> CR0_PG if EPT +
>      !URG
> 
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 11 +++--------
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c    | 28 ++++++++++++++++++----------
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h    |  5 +++--
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c        |  7 +++++++
>   4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo