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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Cc: "kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"pbonzini@redhat.com" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	 "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>,  "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	Weijiang Yang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>,
	 Rick P Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
	"bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>,
	 "dave.hansen@linux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"hpa@zytor.com" <hpa@zytor.com>,
	 "john.allen@amd.com" <john.allen@amd.com>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	 "tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"minipli@grsecurity.net" <minipli@grsecurity.net>,
	 "mlevitsk@redhat.com" <mlevitsk@redhat.com>,
	"xin@zytor.com" <xin@zytor.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 01/23] KVM: x86: Rename kvm_{g,s}et_msr()* to show that they emulate guest accesses
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2025 06:31:47 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aII1w2zfPHN9yUwM@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eeec8f7d96b9dd9482a314b8ed81d3e26f6f6b9d.camel@intel.com>

On Thu, Jul 24, 2025, Kai Huang wrote:
> On Fri, 2025-07-04 at 01:49 -0700, Chao Gao wrote:
> > From: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
> > 
> > Rename kvm_{g,s}et_msr()* to kvm_emulate_msr_{read,write}()* to make it
> > more obvious that KVM uses these helpers to emulate guest behaviors,
> > i.e., host_initiated == false in these helpers.
> > 
> > Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> > Suggested-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@redhat.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> 
> Nit: I don't think your Reviewed-by is needed if the chain already has
> your SoB?

Keep the Reviewed-by, it's still useful, e.g. to communicate that Chao has done
more than just shepherd the patch along.

  reply	other threads:[~2025-07-24 13:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-07-04  8:49 [PATCH v11 00/23] Enable CET Virtualization Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 01/23] KVM: x86: Rename kvm_{g,s}et_msr()* to show that they emulate guest accesses Chao Gao
2025-07-24 11:37   ` Huang, Kai
2025-07-24 13:31     ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2025-07-28 22:31   ` Xin Li
2025-07-29  0:45     ` Chao Gao
2025-07-29 18:19       ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 02/23] KVM: x86: Add kvm_msr_{read,write}() helpers Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 03/23] KVM: x86: Manually clear MPX state only on INIT Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 04/23] KVM: x86: Zero XSTATE components on INIT by iterating over supported features Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 05/23] KVM: x86: Introduce KVM_{G,S}ET_ONE_REG uAPIs support Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 06/23] KVM: x86: Report XSS as to-be-saved if there are supported features Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 07/23] KVM: x86: Refresh CPUID on write to guest MSR_IA32_XSS Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 08/23] KVM: x86: Initialize kvm_caps.supported_xss Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 09/23] KVM: x86: Load guest FPU state when access XSAVE-managed MSRs Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 10/23] KVM: x86: Add fault checks for guest CR4.CET setting Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 11/23] KVM: x86: Report KVM supported CET MSRs as to-be-saved Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 12/23] KVM: VMX: Introduce CET VMCS fields and control bits Chao Gao
2025-07-28 22:53   ` Xin Li
2025-07-29  1:30     ` Chao Gao
2025-07-29  2:17       ` Xin Li
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 13/23] KVM: x86: Enable guest SSP read/write interface with new uAPIs Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 14/23] KVM: VMX: Emulate read and write to CET MSRs Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 15/23] KVM: x86: Save and reload SSP to/from SMRAM Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 16/23] KVM: VMX: Set up interception for CET MSRs Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 17/23] KVM: VMX: Set host constant supervisor states to VMCS fields Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 18/23] KVM: x86: Don't emulate instructions guarded by CET Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 19/23] KVM: x86: Enable CET virtualization for VMX and advertise to userspace Chao Gao
2025-07-21 15:51   ` Mathias Krause
2025-07-21 17:45     ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-22  5:49       ` Mathias Krause
2025-07-22 14:13         ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-22 21:25         ` [PATCH v2] KVM: VMX: Make CR4.CET a guest owned bit Mathias Krause
2025-07-23  6:24           ` Chao Gao
2025-08-06 20:58   ` [PATCH v11 19/23] KVM: x86: Enable CET virtualization for VMX and advertise to userspace John Allen
2025-08-06 22:47     ` Sean Christopherson
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 20/23] KVM: nVMX: Virtualize NO_HW_ERROR_CODE_CC for L1 event injection to L2 Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 21/23] KVM: nVMX: Enable CET support for nested guest Chao Gao
2025-07-28  6:30   ` Xin Li
2025-07-28  8:42     ` Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 22/23] KVM: nVMX: Add consistency checks for CR0.WP and CR4.CET Chao Gao
2025-07-04  8:49 ` [PATCH v11 23/23] KVM: nVMX: Add consistency checks for CET states Chao Gao
2025-07-06 16:51 ` [PATCH v11 00/23] Enable CET Virtualization Xiaoyao Li
2025-07-07  1:32   ` Chao Gao
2025-07-16 20:36     ` John Allen
2025-07-17  7:00       ` Mathias Krause
2025-07-17  7:57         ` Chao Gao
2025-07-21 18:08           ` John Allen
2025-07-21 15:35 ` Mathias Krause

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