Re: [PATCH] KVM: VMX: Remove defunct "nr_active_uret_msrs" field

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 08/09/21 02:24, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Remove vcpu_vmx.nr_active_uret_msrs and its associated comment, which are
> both defunct now that KVM keeps the list constant and instead explicitly
> tracks which entries need to be loaded into hardware.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Fixes: ee9d22e08d13 ("KVM: VMX: Use flag to indicate "active" uret MSRs instead of sorting list")
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h | 4 ----
>   1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
> index 4858c5fd95f2..02ab3468885f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
> @@ -248,12 +248,8 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {
>   	 * only loaded into hardware when necessary, e.g. SYSCALL #UDs outside
>   	 * of 64-bit mode or if EFER.SCE=1, thus the SYSCALL MSRs don't need to
>   	 * be loaded into hardware if those conditions aren't met.
> -	 * nr_active_uret_msrs tracks the number of MSRs that need to be loaded
> -	 * into hardware when running the guest.  guest_uret_msrs[] is resorted
> -	 * whenever the number of "active" uret MSRs is modified.
>   	 */
>   	struct vmx_uret_msr   guest_uret_msrs[MAX_NR_USER_RETURN_MSRS];
> -	int                   nr_active_uret_msrs;
>   	bool                  guest_uret_msrs_loaded;
>   #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>   	u64		      msr_host_kernel_gs_base;
> 

Queued, thanks.

Paolo