From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: "Chang S. Bae" <chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, chao.gao@intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/16] KVM: x86: Rename register accessors to be GPR-specific
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2026 17:35:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <aajd6Fa8gHz6lW78@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260112235408.168200-2-chang.seok.bae@intel.com>
On Mon, Jan 12, 2026, Chang S. Bae wrote:
> Refactor the VCPU register state accessors to make them explicitly
> GPR-only.
I like "register" though.
> The existing register accessors operate on the cached VCPU register
> state. That cache holds GPRs and RIP. RIP has its own interface already.
Isn't it possible that e.g. get_vmx_mem_address() will do kvm_register_read()
for a RIP-relative address? One could RIP isn't a pure GPR, but it's also not
something entirely different either.
> This renaming clarifies GPR access only.
But then later patches use for Extended GPRs, so the name becomes a lie. I also
don't like unnecessary use of acronyms, even though GPR is ubiquitous in x86.
Everyone looking at KVM knows what a register is, but only x86 folks will know
what GPR is.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-05 1:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-12 23:53 [PATCH v2 00/16] KVM: x86: Enable APX for guests Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 01/16] KVM: x86: Rename register accessors to be GPR-specific Chang S. Bae
2026-03-05 1:35 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-03-07 1:32 ` Chang S. Bae
2026-03-09 23:28 ` Chang S. Bae
2026-03-10 1:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 22:05 ` Chang S. Bae
2026-03-10 23:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-12 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 02/16] KVM: x86: Refactor GPR accessors to differentiate register access types Chang S. Bae
2026-03-05 1:49 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-07 1:32 ` Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 03/16] KVM: x86: Implement accessors for extended GPRs Chang S. Bae
2026-03-05 1:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-07 1:32 ` Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 04/16] KVM: VMX: Introduce unified instruction info structure Chang S. Bae
2026-03-05 4:21 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-07 1:33 ` Chang S. Bae
2026-03-13 1:05 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-12 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 05/16] KVM: VMX: Refactor instruction information retrieval Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 06/16] KVM: VMX: Refactor GPR index retrieval from exit qualification Chang S. Bae
2026-03-05 4:13 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-12 23:53 ` [PATCH v2 07/16] KVM: VMX: Support extended register index in exit handling Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 08/16] KVM: nVMX: Propagate the extended instruction info field Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 09/16] KVM: emulate: Support EGPR accessing and tracking Chang S. Bae
2026-03-05 4:22 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 10/16] KVM: emulate: Handle EGPR index and REX2-incompatible opcodes Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 11/16] KVM: emulate: Support REX2-prefixed opcode decode Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 12/16] KVM: emulate: Reject EVEX-prefixed instructions Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 13/16] KVM: x86: Guard valid XCR0.APX settings Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 14/16] KVM: x86: Expose APX foundational feature bit to guests Chang S. Bae
2026-01-19 5:55 ` Xiaoyao Li
2026-01-20 18:07 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-20 20:50 ` Chang S. Bae
2026-01-21 19:59 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 15/16] KVM: x86: Expose APX sub-features " Chang S. Bae
2026-01-12 23:54 ` [PATCH v2 16/16] KVM: x86: selftests: Add APX state handling and XCR0 sanity checks Chang S. Bae
2026-03-05 4:28 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-07 1:33 ` Chang S. Bae
2026-03-11 18:42 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-20 21:23 ` [PATCH kvm-unit-tests] x86: xsave: Add test case for emulation of APX instructions Chang S. Bae
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