Re: [RFC PATCH 24/35] KVM: SVM: Add support for CR8 write traps for an SEV-ES guest

From: Tom Lendacky
Date: Tue Sep 15 2020 - 18:12:18 EST


On 9/14/20 5:19 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 03:15:38PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> index 5e5f1e8fed3a..6e445a76b691 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
>> @@ -1109,6 +1109,12 @@ unsigned long kvm_get_cr8(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> }
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_get_cr8);
>>
>> +int kvm_track_cr8(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr8)
>> +{
>> + return kvm_set_cr8(vcpu, cr8);
>
> I'm guessing this was added to achieve consistency at the SVM call sites.
> With the previously suggested changes, kvm_track_cr8() can simply be
> dropped.

Yup.

Thanks,
Tom

>
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_track_cr8);
>> +
>> static void kvm_update_dr0123(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> {
>> int i;
>> --
>> 2.28.0
>>