linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: remove unnecessary check on INIT intercept

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Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2022 21:46:55 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: remove unnecessary check on INIT intercept

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Since svm_check_nested_events() is now handling INIT signals, there is
> no need to latch it until the VMEXIT is injected.  The only condition
> under which INIT signals are latched is GIF=0.
> 
> Suggested-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
> ---

Pushed to branch `for_paolo/6.1` at:

    https://github.com/sean-jc/linux.git

Unless you hear otherwise, it will make its way to kvm/queue "soon", thus completing
the circle.

Note, the commit IDs are not guaranteed to be stable.