linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] KVM: x86: Drop local pvclock_flags variable in kvm_guest_time

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Message-ID: <f5294177-26d4-41e7-aa9c-29e9b7e3bd3f@xen.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:05:10 +0000
From: Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@...il.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
 Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 syzbot+352e553a86e0d75f5120@...kaller.appspotmail.com,
 Paul Durrant <pdurrant@...zon.com>, David Woodhouse <dwmw@...zon.co.uk>,
 Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] KVM: x86: Drop local pvclock_flags variable in
 kvm_guest_time_update()

On 18/01/2025 00:55, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Drop the local pvclock_flags in kvm_guest_time_update(), the local variable
> is immediately shoved into the per-vCPU "cache", i.e. the local variable
> serves no purpose.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 7 ++-----
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 

Reviewed-by: Paul Durrant <paul@....org>