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Re: [PATCH 0/4] x86: Drop cross-vendor support


  • To: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>, <xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • From: Alejandro Vallejo <alejandro.garciavallejo@xxxxxxx>
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On Thu Jan 22, 2026 at 6:10 PM CET, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 22/01/2026 4:49 pm, Alejandro Vallejo wrote:
>> Open question unrelated to the series: Does it make sense to conditionalise 
>> the
>> MSR handlers for non intercepted MSRs on HVM_FEP?
>
> I'm not quite sure what you're asking here.
>
> ~Andrew

The handlers for LSTAR and the like are dead code with !CONFIG_HVM_FEP as far
as I can tell. The question I'm asking is whether there is another code path
that might invoke MSR handlers for non-intercepted MSRs. I can't see it, but
I'm not sure.

If there isn't I'm considering (conditionally) getting rid of them.

Cheers,
Alejandro



 


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