Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: x86: replace kvm_vcpu_map usage in vmx

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Jan 27 2023 - 14:19:54 EST


On Fri, Jan 27, 2023, David Stevens wrote:
> From: David Stevens <stevensd@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This series replaces the usage of kvm_vcpu_map in vmx with
> gfn_to_pfn_cache. See [1] for details on why kvm_vcpu_map is broken.
>
> The presence of kvm_vcpu_map blocks another series I would like to
> try to merge [2]. Although I'm not familiar with the internals of vmx,
> I've gone ahead and taken a stab at this cleanup. I've done some manual
> testing with nested VMs, and KVM selftests pass, but thorough feedback
> would be appreciated. Once this cleanup is done, I'll take a look at
> removing kvm_vcpu_map from svm.

Woot, been waiting for someone to take this one, thanks! It'll likely be a week
or two until I get 'round to this, but it's definitely something I want to get
merged sooner than later.