Re: [PATCH v3 08/62] KVM: SVM: Drop pointless masking of default APIC base when setting V_APIC_BAR

[Naveen N Rao]

On Wed, Jun 11, 2025 at 03:45:11PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Drop VMCB_AVIC_APIC_BAR_MASK, it's just a regurgitation of the maximum
> theoretical 4KiB-aligned physical address, i.e. is not novel in any way,
> and its only usage is to mask the default APIC base, which is 4KiB aligned
> and (obviously) a legal physical address.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Tested-by: Sairaj Kodilkar <sarunkod@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h | 2 --
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c    | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Naveen N Rao (AMD) <naveen@xxxxxxxxxx>

- Naveen