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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: nVMX: Always write vmcs02.GUEST_CR3 during nested VM-Enter
On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 04:39:28PM -0700, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 2:43 PM Sean Christopherson
> <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> wrote:
> > - vmcs_writel(GUEST_CR3, guest_cr3);
> > + if (!skip_cr3)
> > + vmcs_writel(GUEST_CR3, guest_cr3);
>
> Is this part of the change necessary, or is it just an optimization to
> save a redundant VMWRITE?

Save the redundant VMWRITE. I also wanted to convey the idea that the
nested code is responsible for setting GUEST_CR3 to the correct value.
I'd be happy to add a comment to make the latter point explicit.

> > }
> >
> > int vmx_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
> > --
> > 2.22.0
> >

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