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Re: [PATCH v1 2/8] x86/vmx: Remove lazy FPU support


  • To: Ross Lagerwall <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • From: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2026 17:06:30 +0000
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On 19/03/2026 1:29 pm, Ross Lagerwall wrote:
> diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
> index 38952f06961e..e4cdfe55c18e 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/x86/hvm/vmx/vvmx.c
> @@ -2458,19 +2452,14 @@ int nvmx_n2_vmexit_handler(struct cpu_user_regs *regs,
>          __vmread(VM_EXIT_INTR_INFO, &intr_info);
>          vector = intr_info & INTR_INFO_VECTOR_MASK;
>          /*
> -         * decided by L0 and L1 exception bitmap, if the vetor is set by
> -         * both, L0 has priority on #PF and #NM, L1 has priority on others
> +         * decided by L0 and L1 exception bitmap, if the vector is set by
> +         * both, L0 has priority on #PF, L1 has priority on others
>           */

Again not for this patch, but this comment is wrong(ish).

L0 #PF only needs to take priority when L1 is a shadow mode guest.  A
while back we decided to disallow nested-virt in such a configuration,
so we can delete this special case.

~Andrew



 


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