linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/21] KVM: x86: Event/exception fixes and cleanups

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Date:   Fri, 25 Mar 2022 23:02:34 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     "Maciej S. Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>
Cc:     Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        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, Oliver Upton <oupton@...gle.com>,
        Peter Shier <pshier@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/21] KVM: x86: Event/exception fixes and cleanups

On Fri, Mar 25, 2022, Maciej S. Szmigiero wrote:
> So, what's the plan here: is your patch set Sean considered to supersede
> Maxim's earlier proposed changes or will you post an updated patch set
> incorporating at least some of them?

Next step is to reach a consensus on how we want to solve the problem (or if we
can't reach consensus, until Paolo uses his special powers).  I definitely won't
post anything new until there's more conversation.

> I am asking because I have a series that touches the same general area
> of KVM [1] and would preferably have it based on the final form of the
> event injection code to avoid unforeseen negative interactions between
> these changes.

I don't think you need to do anything, at a glance your changes are orthogonal
even though they have similar themes.  Any conflicts should be minor.