From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@redhat.com>,
Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: nVMX: Ignore 'hv_clean_fields' data when eVMCS data is copied in vmx_get_nested_state()
Date: Mon, 24 May 2021 15:58:49 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d049467a-e2a9-d888-4217-9261eec4a40b@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zgwk5lqy.fsf@vitty.brq.redhat.com>
On 24/05/21 15:01, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> With 'need_vmcs12_to_shadow_sync', we treat eVMCS as shadow VMCS which
> happens to shadow all fields and while it may not be the most optimal
> solution, it is at least easy to comprehend. We can try drafting
> something up instead, maybe it will also be good but honestly I'm afraid
> of incompatible changes in KVM_GET_NESTED_STATE/KVM_SET_NESTED_STATE, we
> can ask Paolo's opinion on that.
Yes, it's much easier to understand it if the eVMCS is essentially a
memory-backed shadow VMCS, than if it's really the vmcs12 format. I
understand that it's bound to be a little slower, but at least the two
formats are not all over the place.
Paolo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-05-24 13:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-17 13:50 [PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: nVMX: Fixes for nested state migration when eVMCS is in use Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-17 13:50 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] KVM: nVMX: Introduce nested_evmcs_is_used() Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 12:11 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-24 12:35 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-26 14:34 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-27 7:54 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-27 14:10 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-24 13:54 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-24 14:09 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 14:18 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-24 14:37 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-17 13:50 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] KVM: nVMX: Release enlightened VMCS on VMCLEAR Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 12:13 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-17 13:50 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] KVM: nVMX: Ignore 'hv_clean_fields' data when eVMCS data is copied in vmx_get_nested_state() Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 12:26 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-24 13:01 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 13:58 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2021-05-26 14:44 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-24 13:56 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-24 14:12 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-17 13:50 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] KVM: nVMX: Force enlightened VMCS sync from nested_vmx_failValid() Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 12:27 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-17 13:50 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] KVM: nVMX: Reset eVMCS clean fields data from prepare_vmcs02() Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 12:34 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-24 13:07 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-17 13:50 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] KVM: nVMX: Request to sync eVMCS from VMCS12 after migration Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 12:35 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-17 13:50 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] KVM: selftests: evmcs_test: Test that KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS is never lost Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-24 12:36 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-24 12:08 ` [PATCH v2 0/7] KVM: nVMX: Fixes for nested state migration when eVMCS is in use Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-24 12:44 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-26 14:41 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-27 8:01 ` Vitaly Kuznetsov
2021-05-27 14:11 ` Maxim Levitsky
2021-05-27 14:17 ` Paolo Bonzini
2021-05-24 14:01 ` Paolo Bonzini
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