Re: [PATCH v2 5/6] KVM: x86: Track available/dirty register masks as "unsigned long" values

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From: Huang, Kai

Date: Mon Apr 13 2026 - 07:26:15 EST

On Thu, 2026-04-09 at 15:42 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Convert regs_{avail,dirty} and all related masks to "unsigned long" values
> as an intermediate step towards declaring the fields as actual bitmaps, and
> as a step toward support APX, which will push the total number of registers

Nit: a step toward supporting APX.