From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0F5E0C6FD18 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 15:11:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230384AbjC1PLc (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:11:32 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:51116 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229833AbjC1PLa (ORCPT ); Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:11:30 -0400 Received: from mail-pj1-x1049.google.com (mail-pj1-x1049.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1049]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B8AFEB7D for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:10:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail-pj1-x1049.google.com with SMTP id b16-20020a17090a991000b0023f803081beso3438411pjp.3 for ; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:10:29 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20210112; t=1680016080; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=HdZ+ShFbKELJJ4uQifwrSj0aNpPoPSXxJ1YWCsV+NWw=; b=TULVgGK5AY9u67apLqSeSri9a06Q1IdJs0BiXYnQDZxtDaE02Bl8uAvHcDNdptMhz/ ZLtFa1+RlN6IqFoqserOTf2CXozMr3VkiKxtTdvs4NqA3a8nSlyeDgFrIAuDKMjkfqZj VyDCbaOBvQDIstDJUT0nPBNG5d+f9Ca4XbdC/S45NPhSodJNJXVVvqlS+FSraYiO0ymT yffD/z65aG7Szz9abu3tnSDVMEDDxoo/lZGMl/x/McMKkBTyIc4h1YkEL3D7kk/LMvVT FFY4E/XL5TvoQOnmPe47ui1baADtJ8DACSQgpWBIXY+pgFIwpXQZsT1BCCEKOFhzLkN+ XDjg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; t=1680016080; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=HdZ+ShFbKELJJ4uQifwrSj0aNpPoPSXxJ1YWCsV+NWw=; b=LnQ0wSAdiZelL915U3SDgAJlHovSWb39ehW8RyPIKlh0wQkhoVFLalx7WqETu3tKbg drkU2KrpIQSFoC6cDm8rKfl2PDfYs6+cGP7JGYLmFmOHMTmP3BPhWLiBwBIS0ash4xF6 gsvxlyAwfHtR6pMIGYHjV3cszU7VurRlVe6f6zkX/ihbbylKzyooiDq9k3hL/6PLyrlx rrF5YCuuzZOWEhleenKh1NOfF2pqNOdGMeq0EYebEbf8/bOKRgVjaCNZtl0GiDrXuV0p Zt5W0Qp1WDO6qNyWBfoGZQsZsRpJPxEqLlqvIYzPScYY3pYtVHN7QJxQSx37QHDGkbH2 WKFg== X-Gm-Message-State: AAQBX9fdTztuNHXlPQA6BJIBEThQ4UjYL8qK7CwoyVezxy6zhaP0PvZz IMopG1fkJg8dsW6+kyM8DWaWB16Ol3I= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AKy350blrFLotxTTFiE5gjherTVcUYZ0CAnH8BLcYqn1hrfY+CJ1XCdLu9ZgvPIGk9uBHjKub4ju768Djjc= X-Received: from zagreus.c.googlers.com ([fda3:e722:ac3:cc00:7f:e700:c0a8:5c37]) (user=seanjc job=sendgmr) by 2002:a17:90a:d38c:b0:23d:35cd:725 with SMTP id q12-20020a17090ad38c00b0023d35cd0725mr5012794pju.8.1680016080333; Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:08:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2023 08:07:58 -0700 In-Reply-To: <620935f7-dd7a-2db6-1ddf-8dae27326f60@intel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <20230328050231.3008531-1-seanjc@google.com> <20230328050231.3008531-2-seanjc@google.com> <620935f7-dd7a-2db6-1ddf-8dae27326f60@intel.com> Message-ID: Subject: Re: [kvm-unit-tests PATCH 1/3] x86: Add define for MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD's PRED_CMD_IBPB (bit 0) From: Sean Christopherson To: Xiaoyao Li Cc: Paolo Bonzini , kvm@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: kvm@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 28, 2023, Xiaoyao Li wrote: > On 3/28/2023 1:02 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > Add a define for PRED_CMD_IBPB and use it to replace the open coded '1' in > > the nVMX library. > > What does nVMX mean here? Nested VMX. From KUT's perspective, the testing exists to validate KVM's nested VMX implementation. If it's at all confusing, I'll drop the 'n' And we've already established that KUT can be used on bare metal, even if that's not the primary use case.