Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 7/9] KVM: x86: simplify dr6 accessors in kvm_x86_ops | From | Paolo Bonzini <> | Date | Wed, 6 May 2020 18:09:23 +0200 |
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On 06/05/20 18:06, Peter Xu wrote: > On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 07:10:32AM -0400, Paolo Bonzini wrote: >> kvm_x86_ops.set_dr6 is only ever called with vcpu->arch.dr6 as the >> second argument, and for both SVM and VMX the VMCB value is kept >> synchronized with vcpu->arch.dr6 on #DB; we can therefore remove the >> read accessor. >> >> For the write accessor we can avoid the retpoline penalty on Intel >> by accepting a NULL value and just skipping the call in that case. >> >> Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> >> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> > (I think this patch and the previous one seem to be the same as the previous > version. Anyway...)
Yes, I placed them here because they are needed to solve the SVM bugs in patch 8. Sorry for not adding your Reviewed-by.
Paolo
> Reviewed-by: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
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