Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: nested MSR auto load/restore emulation.
From: Jan Kiszka
Date: Sat Nov 22 2014 - 02:31:20 EST
On 2014-11-22 05:24, Wincy Van wrote:
> Some hypervisors need MSR auto load/restore feature.
>
> We read MSRs from vm-entry MSR load area which specified by L1,
> and load them via kvm_set_msr in the nested entry.
> When nested exit occurs, we get MSRs via kvm_get_msr, writting
> them to L1`s MSR store area. After this, we read MSRs from vm-exit
> MSR load area, and load them via kvm_set_msr.
>
> VirtualBox will work fine with this patch.
Cool! This feature is long overdue.
Patch is unfortunately misformatted which makes it very hard to read.
Please check via linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl for the proper style.
Could you also write a corresponding kvm-unit-test (see x86/vmx_tests.c)?
Jan
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