linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] KVM: x86: Clean up "force immediate exit" code

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2024 17:35:44 -0800
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, 
	Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] KVM: x86: Clean up "force immediate exit" code

On Tue, 09 Jan 2024 17:26:59 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Plumb "force_immediate_exit" into the kvm_entry() tracepoint, as
> suggested by Maxim, and then follow that up with cleanups that are made
> possible by having force_immediate_exit made available to .vcpu_run(),
> e.g. VMX can use the on-stack param instead of what is effectively a
> temporary field in vcpu_vmx.
> 
> Sean Christopherson (6):
>   KVM: x86: Plumb "force_immediate_exit" into kvm_entry() tracepoint
>   KVM: VMX: Re-enter guest in fastpath for "spurious" preemption timer
>     exits
>   KVM: VMX: Handle forced exit due to preemption timer in fastpath
>   KVM: x86: Move handling of is_guest_mode() into fastpath exit handlers
>   KVM: VMX: Handle KVM-induced preemption timer exits in fastpath for L2
>   KVM: x86: Fully defer to vendor code to decide how to force immediate
>     exit
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!

[1/6] KVM: x86: Plumb "force_immediate_exit" into kvm_entry() tracepoint
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/9c9025ea003a
[2/6] KVM: VMX: Re-enter guest in fastpath for "spurious" preemption timer exits
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/e6b5d16bbd2d
[3/6] KVM: VMX: Handle forced exit due to preemption timer in fastpath
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/11776aa0cfa7
[4/6] KVM: x86: Move handling of is_guest_mode() into fastpath exit handlers
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/bf1a49436ea3
[5/6] KVM: VMX: Handle KVM-induced preemption timer exits in fastpath for L2
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/7b3d1bbf8d68
[6/6] KVM: x86: Fully defer to vendor code to decide how to force immediate exit
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/0ec3d6d1f169

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