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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 3/3] x86/kvm/vmx: avoid expensive rdmsr for MSR_GS_BASE
    On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 2:03 PM, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com> wrote:
    > vmx_save_host_state() is only called from kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run() so
    > the context is pretty well defined and as we're past 'swapgs' MSR_GS_BASE
    > should contain kernel's GS base which we point to irq_stack_union.
    >
    > Add new kernelmode_gs_base() API, irq_stack_union needs to be exported
    > as KVM can be build as module.
    >

    Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>

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