Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: SVM: Aggressively clear vmcb02 clean bits

[Sean Christopherson]

On Mon, Oct 13, 2025, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 22, 2025, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > > It is unlikely that L1 will toggle the MSR intercept bit in vmcb02,
> > > or that L1 will change its own IA32_PAT MSR. However, if it does,
> > > the affected fields in vmcb02 should not be marked clean.
> > >
> > > An alternative approach would be to implement a set of mutators for
> > > vmcb02 fields, and to clear the associated clean bit whenever a field
> > > is modified.
> >
> > Any reason not to tag these for stable@?  I can't think of any meaningful
> > downsides, so erring on the side of caution seems prudent.
> 
> SGTM. Do you want a new version?

Good gravy, no.  :-)