Re: [PATCH v5 0/1] KVM: x86: fix some kvm period timer BUG

[Sean Christopherson]

On Fri, Nov 07, 2025, fuqiang wang wrote:
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> Fix both issues in a single patch
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> 
> In versions v2 and v3, I split these two issues into two separate patches
> for fixing. However, this caused patch 2 to revert some of the changes made
> by patch 1.

FWIW, my initial reaction was that I liked splitting this into two patches better,
but after digging through all the angles of this for a few hours, I agree that it's
better to skip the "don't let the delta go negative" patch, because that patch
really only addresses a symptom that shouldn't happen in the first place.

> In patch 4, I attempted to merge the two patches into one and tried to
> describe both issues in the commit message, but I did not do it well. In
> this version, I have included more details in the commit message and the
> cover letter.