linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] KVM: SVM: GIF and EFER.SVME are independent

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Message-ID: <176823870995.1367937.15505376193038248820.b4-ty@google.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2026 09:39:02 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
Cc: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] KVM: SVM: GIF and EFER.SVME are independent

On Fri, 21 Nov 2025 20:47:59 +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> Clearing EFER.SVME is not architected to set GIF, so GIF may be clear
> even when EFER.SVME is clear.
> 
> This is covered in the discussion at [1].
> 
> v2 -> v3:
> - Keep setting GIF when force-leaving nested (Sean).
> - Moved the relevant selftests patches from the series at [2] here
>   (Sean).
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 svm, with my suggested fixup and the order of 1 and 2
swapped.  Thanks!

[1/4] KVM: SVM: Don't set GIF when clearing EFER.SVME
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/8312f1b9dd71
[2/4] KVM: SVM: Allow KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE to clear GIF when SVME==0
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/6f4d3ebc24c6
[3/4] KVM: selftests: Use TEST_ASSERT_EQ() in test_vmx_nested_state()
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/bda6ae6f2966
[4/4] KVM: selftests: Extend vmx_set_nested_state_test to cover SVM
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/ca2eccb953fd

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