linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86: Deduplicate MSR interception enabling and disabling

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Message-ID: <37aaaff2-2519-43b3-b388-eb0185e03c41@suse.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 14:25:04 +0300
From: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>
To: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: seanjc@...gle.com, pbonzini@...hat.com, dapeng1.mi@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86: Deduplicate MSR interception enabling and
 disabling



On 6/12/25 11:19, Chao Gao wrote:
> Extract a common function from MSR interception disabling logic and create
> disabling and enabling functions based on it. This removes most of the
> duplicated code for MSR interception disabling/enabling.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>

I believe similar change is already part of Sean's series on MSR 
intercept overhaul.