Re: [PATCH v3 04/16] KVM: x86: Remove the KVM private read_msr() function

From: Sean Christopherson

Date: Wed Feb 18 2026 - 09:29:44 EST


On Wed, Feb 18, 2026, Rick P Edgecombe wrote:
> On Wed, 2026-02-18 at 09:21 +0100, Juergen Gross wrote:
> > Instead of having a KVM private read_msr() function, just use
> > rdmsrq().
>
> Might be nice to include a little bit more on the "why", but the patch
> is pretty simple.

Eh, the why is basically "KVM is old and crusty". I'm a-ok without a history
lesson on how we got here :-)

> > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: H. Peter Anvin (Intel) <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>