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    SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 2/3] nSVM: introduce smv->nested.save to cache save area fields
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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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