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

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Message-ID: <aErCWBDT4jZQfNXK@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:04:40 +0800
From: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
To: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@...e.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	<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 Thu, Jun 12, 2025 at 02:25:04PM +0300, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
>
>
>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.

No, this series is based on Sean's work and can only be applied after applying
his v2.