Re: [PATCH v7 03/10] KVM: x86: Stuff vCPU's PAT with default value at RESET, not creation

[Jim Mattson]

On Mon, May 20, 2024 at 11:00 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@googlecom> wrote:
>
> Move the stuffing of the vCPU's PAT to the architectural "default" value
> from kvm_arch_vcpu_create() to kvm_vcpu_reset(), guarded by !init_event,
> to better capture that the default value is the value "Following Power-up
> or Reset".  E.g. setting PAT only during creation would break if KVM were
> to expose a RESET ioctl() to userspace (which is unlikely, but that's not
> a good reason to have unintuitive code).
>
> No functional change.
>
> Reviewed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jim Mattson <jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx>