Re: [PATCH v4 0/5] KVM: x86: Honor EFER_LMSLE_MBZ
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 17:13:20 EST
On Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:21:09 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Jim's series to try to clean up the EFER.LMSLE_MBZ mess (and what a mess it is).
> I (still) didn't touch the KVM patches, and barely touched the selftests, i.e.
> Jim's testing from v2 should still hold.
>
> v4:
> - Go with a less fancy kvm_is_nested_virtualization_enabled(), because KVM
> sucks (and not in an ironic Primus Sucks! way). [Sashiko]
>
> [...]
Applied to kvm-x86 misc, thanks!
[1/5] KVM: x86: Advertise EFER_LMSLE_MBZ when KVM disallows EFER.LMSLE
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/192dbad1bc0f
[2/5] KVM: x86: Honor the guest's EFER_LMSLE_MBZ
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/7358d13e1f19
[3/5] KVM: selftests: Rename svm_nested_clear_efer_svme to svm_nested_efer_test
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/cc2b9cc15ab7
[4/5] KVM: selftests: Add module param API to check if nested virtualization is enabled
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/58f4dc83da6e
[5/5] KVM: selftests: Add coverage for the EFER_LMSLE_MBZ defeature
https://github.com/kvm-x86/linux/commit/34f749161dab
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