RE: [PATCH v2 08/25] KVM: VMX: Initialize VMCS FRED fields

From: Li, Xin3
Date: Fri Apr 19 2024 - 13:03:33 EST


> >+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>
> is this #ifdeffery neccesary?

Yes, otherwise build fails on 32 bit.

>
> I assume kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_FRED) is always false
> for !CONFIG_X86_64.
> Looks most of FRED changes in core kernel don't have such #ifdeffery.

Because it's not a compile time false, instead false from runtime.

>
> >+ /* Per-CPU FRED MSRs */
>
> Please explain why these six MSRs are updated here and why only they are updated in
> this comment.

The explanation is kind of implicit "per-CPU", I will make it more explicit

Thanks!
Xin