Re: [PATCH 0/5] KVM: SVM: nSVM: Implement Enlightened MSR-Bitmap for Hyper-V-on-KVM and fix it for KVM-on-Hyper-V

From: Vitaly Kuznetsov
Date: Wed Feb 02 2022 - 04:53:02 EST


Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On 2/1/22 19:58, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>>> Hmm, it fails to compile with CONFIG_HYPERV disabled, and a trivial
>>> #if also fails due to an unused goto label. Does this look good to you?
>>>
>> Hm, it does but honestly I did not anticipate this dependency --
>> CONFIG_HYPERV is needed for KVM-on-Hyper-V but this feature is for
>> Hyper-V-on-KVM. Let me take a look tomorrow.
>>
>
> It's because, without it, the relevant structs are not defined by
> svm_onhyperv.h. Go ahead and send a new version if you prefer

Should be fixed in v2. I still think it makes sense to keep this
KVM-on-Hyper-V and Hyper-V-on-KVM separation as it's really confusing to
an unprepared reader. There's still room for improvement in nVMX I
believe but it's orthogonal to this nSVM feature.

--
Vitaly