Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: x86: simplify handling of PKRU

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Aug 24 2017 - 14:00:24 EST


On 24.08.2017 12:12, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> Move it to struct kvm_arch_vcpu, replacing guest_pkru_valid with a
> simple comparison against the host value of the register. The write of
> PKRU in addition can be skipped if the guest has not enabled the feature.
> Once we do this, we need not test OSPKE in the host anymore, because
> guest_CR4.PKE=1 implies host_CR4.PKE=1.
>
> The static PKU test is kept to elide the code on older CPUs.

>From what I can tell, this looks good to me!


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Thanks,

David