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SubjectRe: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Use VMCALL and VMMCALL mnemonics in kvm_para.h
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On 23/06/20 20:34, Uros Bizjak wrote:
> Current minimum required version of binutils is 2.23,
> which supports VMCALL and VMMCALL instruction mnemonics.
>
> Replace the byte-wise specification of VMCALL and
> VMMCALL with these proper mnemonics.
>
> Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
> CC: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> index 49d3a9edb06f..01317493807e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused(void)
> #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_GUEST */
>
> #define KVM_HYPERCALL \
> - ALTERNATIVE(".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc1", ".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xd9", X86_FEATURE_VMMCALL)
> + ALTERNATIVE("vmcall", "vmmcall", X86_FEATURE_VMMCALL)
>
> /* For KVM hypercalls, a three-byte sequence of either the vmcall or the vmmcall
> * instruction. The hypervisor may replace it with something else but only the
>

Queued, thanks.

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