Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] KVM: SVM: use vmsave/vmload for saving/restoring additional host state

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Tue Feb 02 2021 - 12:36:26 EST


On 05/01/21 18:20, Sean Christopherson wrote:
This VMLOAD needs the "handle fault on reboot" goo. Seeing the code, I think
I'd prefer to handle this in C code, especially if Paolo takes the svm_ops.h
patch[*]. Actually, I think with that patch it'd make sense to move the
existing VMSAVE+VMLOAD for the guest into svm.c, too. And completely unrelated,
the fault handling in svm/vmenter.S can be cleaned up a smidge to eliminate the
JMPs.

Paolo, what do you think about me folding these patches into my series to do the
above cleanups? And maybe sending a pull request for the end result? (I'd also
like to add on a patch to use the user return MSR mechanism for MSR_TSC_AUX).

I have queued that part already, so Mike can rebase on top of kvm/queue.

Paolo

[*]https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201231002702.2223707-8-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx