linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Access @flags as a 32-bit value in __vmx_vcpu

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Date:   Thu, 19 Jan 2023 21:03:36 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Access @flags as a 32-bit value in __vmx_vcpu_run()

On Sat, 19 Nov 2022 00:37:47 +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Access @flags using 32-bit operands when saving and testing @flags for
> VMX_RUN_VMRESUME, as using 8-bit operands is unnecessarily fragile due
> to relying on VMX_RUN_VMRESUME being in bits 0-7.  The behavior of
> treating @flags a single byte is a holdover from when the param was
> "bool launched", i.e. is not deliberate.
> 
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 vmx, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: VMX: Access @flags as a 32-bit value in __vmx_vcpu_run()
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/55de8353fc67

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