Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: x86 shared msr infrastructure

[Avi Kivity]

On 09/17/2009 12:21 AM, Marcelo Tosatti wrote:
> > +static struct kvm_shared_msrs_global __read_mostly shared_msrs_global;
> >      
> Does this assume the MSRs in question are consistent across CPUs?
>    

Yes.  And they are.

> I guess that is not true with arch_prctl(ARCH_SET_GS/ARCH_GET_GS) ?
>    

These aren't shared MSRs and are saved and restored independently.

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