linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] Add Nested NPT support in selftests

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Message-ID: <aUsRQMYwmYOUCXvp@google.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2025 14:01:36 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] Add Nested NPT support in selftests

On Thu, Nov 27, 2025, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> Yosry Ahmed (16):
>   KVM: selftests: Make __vm_get_page_table_entry() static
>   KVM: selftests: Stop passing a memslot to nested_map_memslot()
>   KVM: selftests: Rename nested TDP mapping functions
>   KVM: selftests: Kill eptPageTablePointer
>   KVM: selftests: Stop setting AD bits on nested EPTs on creation
>   KVM: selftests: Introduce struct kvm_mmu
>   KVM: selftests: Move PTE bitmasks to kvm_mmu
>   KVM: selftests: Use a nested MMU to share nested EPTs between vCPUs
>   KVM: selftests: Stop passing VMX metadata to TDP mapping functions
>   KVM: selftests: Reuse virt mapping functions for nested EPTs
>   KVM: selftests: Move TDP mapping functions outside of vmx.c
>   KVM: selftests: Allow kvm_cpu_has_ept() to be called on AMD CPUs
>   KVM: selftests: Add support for nested NPTs
>   KVM: selftests: Set the user bit on nested NPT PTEs
>   KVM: selftests: Extend vmx_dirty_log_test to cover SVM
>   KVM: selftests: Extend memstress to run on nested SVM

Lot's of feedback incoming, but no need for you to doing anything unless you
disagree with something.  I have all the "requested" changes in a local branch,
and will post v4 (probably next week).