linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Drop redundant/wrong comment in nested_vmcb02_prepare

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Message-ID: <176849721787.705259.1172944415596561626.b4-ty@google.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 10:03:40 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Yosry Ahmed <yosry.ahmed@...ux.dev>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Drop redundant/wrong comment in nested_vmcb02_prepare_save()

On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:28:07 +0000, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> The comment above DR6 and DR7 initializations is redundant, because the
> entire function follows the same pattern of only initializing the fields
> in vmcb02 if the vmcb12 changed or the fields are dirty, which handles
> the first execution case.
> 
> Also, the comment refers to new_vmcb12 as new_vmcs12. Just drop the
> comment.
> 
> [...]

Applied to kvm-x86 svm, thanks!

[1/1] KVM: nSVM: Drop redundant/wrong comment in nested_vmcb02_prepare_save()
      https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/f00ccdede3c8

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