Re: [kvm-devel] [PATCH 00/11] KVM updates for Linux 2.6.24-rc review

Avi Kivity
2007-10-22T09:36:57Z

Laurent Vivier wrote:
>
> Well, in fact it is not needed in 2.6.24, because this patch correct a
> bad behavior introduced by commit
> 57f4e446ebca4aad5c11364baf8477c8cfcb16a4 (which is not in
> kvm-update-2.6.24):
>
> KVM: Call x86_decode_insn() only when needed
>
> Move emulate_ctxt to kvm_vcpu to keep emulate context when we exit
> from kvm
> module. Call x86_decode_insn() only when needed. Modify
> x86_emulate_insn() to
> not modify the context if it must be re-entered.
>
> So, in fact, the answer is (after correctly understanding the
> question): no, this patch is not needed in kvm-update-2.6.24.

Thanks. I've folded it into 57f4e446ebca4aad5c11364baf8477c8cfcb16a4
for 2.6.25.

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