linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: Snapshot host MSR_IA32_ARCH

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Date:   Wed,  2 Aug 2023 17:04:18 -0700
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,
        Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>,
        Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: Snapshot host MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES

On Tue, 06 Jun 2023 17:43:08 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Snapshot the host's MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES to avoid repeated RDMSRs
> at runtime, and cleanup the pseudo-cache vmx_fb_clear_ctrl_available.
> 
> Sean Christopherson (2):
>   KVM: x86: Snapshot host's MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES
>   KVM: VMX: Drop unnecessary vmx_fb_clear_ctrl_available "cache"
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, with a fixup for the ARCH_CAPABILITIES.FB_CLEAR_CTRL vs.
MSR_IA32_MCU_OPT_CTRL.FB_CLEAR_DIS confusion in patch 2's changelog.

Thanks!

[1/2] KVM: x86: Snapshot host's MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/a2fd5d02bad6
[2/2] KVM: VMX: Drop unnecessary vmx_fb_clear_ctrl_available "cache"
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/550ba57faa04

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