linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] KVM: x86: Collect host state snapshots into a struct

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Date: Tue,  4 Jun 2024 16:29:37 -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
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] KVM: x86: Collect host state snapshots into a struct

On Tue, 23 Apr 2024 15:15:17 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Add a global "kvm_host" structure to hold various host values, e.g. for
> EFER, XCR0, raw MAXPHYADDR etc., instead of having a bunch of one-off
> variables that inevitably need to be exported, or in the case of
> shadow_phys_bits, are buried in a random location and are awkward to use,
> leading to duplicate code.
> 
> Sean Christopherson (4):
>   KVM: x86: Add a struct to consolidate host values, e.g. EFER, XCR0,
>     etc...
>   KVM: SVM: Use KVM's snapshot of the host's XCR0 for SEV-ES host state
>   KVM: x86/mmu: Snapshot shadow_phys_bits when kvm.ko is loaded
>   KVM: x86: Move shadow_phys_bits into "kvm_host", as "maxphyaddr"
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!

[1/4] KVM: x86: Add a struct to consolidate host values, e.g. EFER, XCR0, etc...
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/7974c0643ee3
[2/4] KVM: SVM: Use KVM's snapshot of the host's XCR0 for SEV-ES host state
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/52c47f5897b6
[3/4] KVM: x86/mmu: Snapshot shadow_phys_bits when kvm.ko is loaded
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/c043eaaa6be0
[4/4] KVM: x86: Move shadow_phys_bits into "kvm_host", as "maxphyaddr"
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/82897db91215

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