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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org, Shivansh Dhiman <shivansh.dhiman@amd.com>,
	 Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 7.3.y 1/2] KVM: SVM: Add a vCPU-aware helper to get supported DEBUGCTL bits
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:11:09 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <avXzLcD_56mvDYYz@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261111170439.3395604-1-sashal@kernel.org>

On Wed, Nov 11, 2026, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Shivansh Dhiman <shivansh.dhiman@amd.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit cd0e6f4d7cec11be97fe6476309719b23ab5accb ]
> 
> Replace DEBUGCTL_RESERVED_BITS with a vCPU-aware helper that provides the
> set of supported bits so that KVM can handle bits that are conditionally
> supported based on the vCPU model, e.g. for features like Bus Lock Detect.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shivansh Dhiman <shivansh.dhiman@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
> [sean: invert from reserved => supported, massage changelog]
> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260930193634.3415089-12-seanjc@google.com
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> Stable-dep-of: 053621535f01 ("KVM: nSVM: Check validity of vmcs01 save area copied from SMRAM on RSM")
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
> ---

The superficial conflict could also be resolved manually, but I don't see any
harm in grabbing this refactor.

Acked-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

      parent reply	other threads:[~2026-11-12 17:11 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-11-10  1:01 FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Check validity of vmcs01 save area copied from SMRAM on RSM" failed to apply to 7.3-stable tree Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 17:04 ` [PATCH 7.3.y 1/2] KVM: SVM: Add a vCPU-aware helper to get supported DEBUGCTL bits Sasha Levin
2026-11-11 17:04   ` [PATCH 7.3.y 2/2] KVM: nSVM: Check validity of vmcs01 save area copied from SMRAM on RSM Sasha Levin
2026-11-12 17:11     ` Sean Christopherson
2026-11-12 17:11   ` Sean Christopherson [this message]

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