Re: [PATCH v3 15/40] KVM: x86: Move the bulk of register specific code from x86.c to regs.c

[Yosry Ahmed]

On Mon, Jun 01, 2026 at 07:15:37AM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Sat, May 30, 2026, Yosry Ahmed wrote:
> > On Fri, May 29, 2026 at 03:21:58PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > Introduce regs.c, and move the vast majority of register specific code out
> > > of x86.c and into regs.c.  Deliberately leave behind MSR code (except for
> > > EFER, which can hardly be called an MSR), as KVM's MSR support is complex
> > > enough to warrant its own compilation unit, and doesn't have much in common
> > > with the other register code.
> > > 
> > > No functional change intended.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > This is not just code movement. You're also renaming and introducing new
> > helpers in the process, making the patch not so easy to review.
> > 
> > A wise mine once told me not to do this:
> > https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/aYU87QeMg8_kTM-G@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > 
> > I have been waiting a few months for this, so here goes:
> > 
> > Stop. Bundling. Things. Together.
> 
> Gooood.  Use your aggressive feelings, boy.  Let the hate flow through you!

I guess I did turn to the dark side after all.