linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v15 25/41] KVM: x86: SVM: Emulate reads and writes to shadow stack MSRs

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Message-ID: <c6d81bac-8540-493d-8edd-18f5d52cf7ff@zytor.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:56:20 -0700
From: Xin Li <xin@...or.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>,
        John Allen <john.allen@....com>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>, Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 25/41] KVM: x86: SVM: Emulate reads and writes to
 shadow stack MSRs

On 9/12/2025 4:23 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> From: John Allen <john.allen@....com>
> 
> Emulate shadow stack MSR access by reading and writing to the
> corresponding fields in the VMCB.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Allen <john.allen@....com>
> [sean: mark VMCB_CET dirty/clean as appropriate]
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

For the shortlog, shouldn't we use "KVM: SVM:"?

I don't see any change to common x86 code in this patch.