linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/6] KVM: x86/pmu: Use separate array for defining "PMU MSRs to save"

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Date:   Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:32:49 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Aaron Lewis <aaronlewis@...gle.com>,
        Weijiang Yang <weijiang.yang@...el.com>,
        Like Xu <likexu@...cent.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] KVM: x86/pmu: Use separate array for defining "PMU
 MSRs to save"

On Fri, Feb 10, 2023, Yu Zhang wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2023 at 11:49:02PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Move all potential to-be-saved PMU MSRs into a separate array so that a
> > future patch can easily omit all PMU MSRs from the list when the PMU is
> > disabled.
> > 
> > No functional change intended.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 153 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------
> >  1 file changed, 82 insertions(+), 71 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index d4a610ffe2b8..9b6e1af63531 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -1419,7 +1419,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_emulate_rdpmc);
> >   * may depend on host virtualization features rather than host cpu features.
> >   */
> >  
> > -static const u32 msrs_to_save_all[] = {
> > +static const u32 msrs_to_save_base[] = {
> 
> I guess the comments relating to msr_to_save_all should be updated as well. :)

Gah, yes.  I caught that at one point but lost track of it.  I'll get it fixed
in v3.

Thanks!