linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 09/14] KVM: x86: Move shared KVM state into VAC

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Date:   Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:01:25 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc:     Anish Ghulati <aghulati@...gle.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        hpa@...or.com, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        peterz@...radead.org, paulmck@...nel.org,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@...omium.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 09/14] KVM: x86: Move shared KVM state into VAC

On Fri, Nov 17, 2023, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 4:21 AM Anish Ghulati <aghulati@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Venkatesh Srinivas <venkateshs@...omium.org>
> >
> > Move kcpu_kick_mask and vm_running_vcpu* from arch neutral KVM code into
> > VAC.
> 
> Hello, Venkatesh, Anish
> 
> IMO, the allocation code for cpu_kick_mask has to be moved too.

I'm pretty sure this patch should be dropped.  I can't think of any reason why
cpu_kick_mask needs to be in VAC, and kvm_running_vcpu definitely needs to be
per-KVM.