Re: [PATCH v3 00/40] KVM: x86: GPR accessors and x86.{c,h} spring cleaning
From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed Jun 03 2026 - 09:07:24 EST
On Sat, May 30, 2026, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 5/30/26 00:21, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > The first half of this series adds proper, explicit "raw" versions of
> > kvm_<reg>_{read,write}(), along with "e" versions (for hardcoded 32-bit
> > accesses), and converts the existing kvm_<reg>_{read,write}() APIs into
> > mode-aware variants.
> >
> > At the end of that journey, introduce regs.{c,h} to avoid moving _more_ code
> > into x86.h, especially since the resulting code split would be super arbitrary.
>
> What about getting everything up to patch 14 into 7.2, and then starting 7.3
> development with these, the MMU split series, and possibly the pfncache
> cleanups?
I like that idea. I'll grab these two as well, no reason not to.
KVM: x86: Remove defunct kvm_load_segment_descriptor() declaration
KVM: x86: Drop defunct vcpu_tsc_khz() declaration
> I'll be away starting June 28th, so we probably want to get those three
> merged into kvm/next already towards the end of the merge window.