linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 11/50] KVM: VMX: Don't bother disabling eVMCS static key on module exit

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Date:   Wed, 30 Nov 2022 23:08:55 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.qemu.devel@...il.com>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Eric Farman <farman@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>,
        Paul Durrant <paul@....org>
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        Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
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        Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>,
        "Philippe Mathieu-Daudé" <philmd@...aro.org>,
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        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>, Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v2 11/50] KVM: VMX: Don't bother disabling eVMCS static key on
 module exit

Don't disable the eVMCS static key on module exit, kvm_intel.ko owns the
key so there can't possibly be users after the kvm_intel.ko is unloaded,
at least not without much bigger issues.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 4 ----
 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index d85d175dca70..c0de7160700b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -8490,10 +8490,6 @@ static void vmx_exit(void)
 
 	kvm_exit();
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HYPERV)
-	if (static_branch_unlikely(&enable_evmcs))
-		static_branch_disable(&enable_evmcs);
-#endif
 	vmx_cleanup_l1d_flush();
 
 	allow_smaller_maxphyaddr = false;
-- 
2.38.1.584.g0f3c55d4c2-goog