Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 29 Sep 2021 13:13:21 +0200 | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 2/3] nSVM: introduce smv->nested.save to cache save area fields | From | Paolo Bonzini <> |
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On 29/09/21 00:23, Sean Christopherson wrote: > On a related topic, this would be a good opportunity to resolve the naming > discrepancies between VMX and SVM. VMX generally refers to vmcs12 as KVM's copy > of L1's VMCS, whereas SVM generally refers to vmcb12 as the "direct" mapping of > L1's VMCB. I'd prefer to go with VMX's terminology, i.e. rework nSVM to refer to > the copy as vmcb12, but I'm more than a bit biased since I've spent so much time > in nVMX,
I agree, and I think Emanuele's patches are a step in the right direction. Once we ensure that all state in svm->nested is cached vmcb12 content, we can get rid of vmcb12 pointers in the functions.
Paolo
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