Re: [PATCH v3 08/62] KVM: SVM: Drop pointless masking of default APIC base when setting V_APIC_BAR
From: Naveen N Rao <naveen@kernel.org>
Date: 2025-06-13 14:20:33
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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 <redacted> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> --- 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@kernel.org> - Naveen