linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] KVM: SVM: replace regs argument of __svm_vcpu_run with vcpu

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Date:   Tue, 8 Nov 2022 20:54:57 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        nathan@...nel.org, thomas.lendacky@....com,
        andrew.cooper3@...rix.com, peterz@...radead.org,
        jmattson@...gle.com, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/8] KVM: SVM: replace regs argument of __svm_vcpu_run
 with vcpu_svm

On Tue, Nov 08, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Since registers are reachable through vcpu_svm, and we will
> need to access more fields of that struct, pass it instead
> of the regs[] array.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: f14eec0a3203 ("KVM: SVM: move more vmentry code to assembly")

I don't think a Fixes: tag for a pure nop patch is fair to the original commit.