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Date:   Mon, 9 May 2022 23:57:52 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To:     Wei Zhang <zhanwei@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] KVM: x86: Fix incorrect VM-exit profiling
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2022, Wei Zhang wrote:
> The profile=kvm boot option has been useful because it provides a
> convenient approach to profile VM exits.

What exactly are you profiling?  Where the guest executing at any given exit?  Mostly
out of curiosity, but also in the hope that we might be able to replace profiling with
a dedicated KVM stat(s).