Re: [PATCH v3 27/40] KVM: x86: Move register helper declarations from kvm_host.h => regs.h

[Yosry Ahmed]

On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 03:22:10PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Relocate declarations of Control/Debug Register, EFLAGS and RIP helpers
> from x86's kvm_host.h to regs.h, to continue trimming down kvm_host.h.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 17 -----------------
>  arch/x86/kvm/regs.h             | 17 +++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 19091d89d3cc..0f4b16b26a27 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -2186,8 +2186,6 @@ void kvm_mmu_invalidate_mmio_sptes(struct kvm *kvm, u64 gen);
>  void kvm_mmu_change_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long kvm_nr_mmu_pages);
>  void kvm_zap_gfn_range(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn_start, gfn_t gfn_end);
>  
> -int load_pdptrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3);

Why are pdptrs helpers bundled with register helpers?