Re: [PATCH 2/7] KVM: x86: Drop the "EX" part of "EXREG" to avoid collision with APX

From: Paolo Bonzini

Date: Wed Mar 11 2026 - 14:47:09 EST


On 3/11/26 01:33, Sean Christopherson wrote:
Now that NR_VCPU_REGS is no longer a thing, drop the "EX" is for
extended (or maybe extra?") prefix from non-GRP registers to avoid a
collision with APX (Advanced Performance Extensions), which adds:

16 additional general-purpose registers (GPRs) R16–R31, also referred
to as Extended GPRs (EGPRs) in this document;

And also, now that RIP is effectively an EXREG.

Paolo