linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: Delete documentation for READ|WRITE in KVM_X86_SET_MSR

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Date:   Wed, 31 Aug 2022 00:17:04 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: x86: Delete documentation for READ|WRITE in KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER

Delete the paragraph that describes the behavior when both
KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE are set for a range.  There is
nothing special about KVM's handling of this combination, whereas
explicitly documenting the combination suggests that there is some magic
behavior the user needs to be aware of.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 236a797be71c..5148b431ed13 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -4115,13 +4115,6 @@ flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter_range``:
   a write for a particular MSR should be handled regardless of the default
   filter action.
 
-``KVM_MSR_FILTER_READ | KVM_MSR_FILTER_WRITE``
-
-  Filter both read and write accesses to MSRs using the given bitmap. A 0
-  in the bitmap indicates that both reads and writes should immediately fail,
-  while a 1 indicates that reads and writes for a particular MSR are not
-  filtered by this range.
-
 flags values for ``struct kvm_msr_filter``:
 
 ``KVM_MSR_FILTER_DEFAULT_ALLOW``
-- 
2.37.2.672.g94769d06f0-goog