linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: x86: VMX changes for 6.19

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Message-ID: <aScDqIjHMGHJBQ7M@google.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 05:42:00 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] KVM: x86: VMX changes for 6.19

On Wed, Nov 26, 2025, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2025 at 2:45 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > The highlight is EPTP construction cleanup that's worthwhile on its own, but
> > is also a step toward eliding the EPT flushes that KVM does on pCPU migration,
> > which are especially costly when running nested:
> >
> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/aJKW9gTeyh0-pvcg@google.com
> >
> > The following changes since commit 3a8660878839faadb4f1a6dd72c3179c1df56787:
> >
> >   Linux 6.18-rc1 (2025-10-12 13:42:36 -0700)
> >
> > are available in the Git repository at:
> >
> >   https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux.git tags/kvm-x86-vmx-6.19
> >
> > for you to fetch changes up to dfd1572a64c90770a2bddfab9bbb69932217b1da:
> >
> >   KVM: VMX: Make loaded_vmcs_clear() static in vmx.c (2025-11-11 07:41:16 -0800)
> 
> Pulled; there was another minor conflict due to the introduction of
> kvm_request_l1tf_flush_l1d().

Shoot, sorry, forgot about that one (obviously).