linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/9] KVM: x86: Capture "struct x86_exception" in inject_emulated

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Message-Id: <995f9d8fbc93afb86920ad294124e917ddab30d3.1766066076.git.houwenlong.hwl@antgroup.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:00:36 +0800
From: Hou Wenlong <houwenlong.hwl@...group.com>
To: kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/9] KVM: x86: Capture "struct x86_exception" in inject_emulated_exception()

As all callers in inject_emulated_exception() use "struct x86_exception"
directly, capture it locally instead of using the context.

No functional change intended.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Signed-off-by: Hou Wenlong <houwenlong.hwl@...group.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 13 ++++++-------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0c6d899d53dd..ab298bfa7d9f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8923,15 +8923,14 @@ static void toggle_interruptibility(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 mask)
 
 static void inject_emulated_exception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt = vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt;
+	struct x86_exception *ex = &vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt->exception;
 
-	if (ctxt->exception.vector == PF_VECTOR)
-		kvm_inject_emulated_page_fault(vcpu, &ctxt->exception);
-	else if (ctxt->exception.error_code_valid)
-		kvm_queue_exception_e(vcpu, ctxt->exception.vector,
-				      ctxt->exception.error_code);
+	if (ex->vector == PF_VECTOR)
+		kvm_inject_emulated_page_fault(vcpu, ex);
+	else if (ex->error_code_valid)
+		kvm_queue_exception_e(vcpu, ex->vector, ex->error_code);
 	else
-		kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, ctxt->exception.vector);
+		kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, ex->vector);
 }
 
 static struct x86_emulate_ctxt *alloc_emulate_ctxt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-- 
2.31.1