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From: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 12/13] KVM: x86: add KVM_MEM_X86_SMRAM memory slot flag
Date: Wed, 06 May 2015 14:15:09 -0400
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Radim Kr=C4=8Dm=C3=A1=C5=99 <rkrcmar@redhat.com> writes:
=2E..
>
> That doesn't improve the main issue, so x86 is good.
>
>>> Another option is adding something like "vcpu kvm_arch_fake_vcpu(kv=
m)"
>>> for cases where the access doesn't have an associated vcpu, so it w=
ould
>>> always succeed.  (Might not be generic enough.)
>>=20
>> That's ugly...
>
> Yes.  (And I still prefer it.)

Ooh, I hope we don't go this route :) I understand the motivation but=20
if there would be cases where we would have to fake the condition
to be true, maybe we should reconsider our design.

Bandan