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Re: [RFC PATCH v1 05/28] KVM: SVM: prepare for new bit definition in nested_ctl

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On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 07:24:32PM -0400, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> 
> Currently the nested_ctl variable in the vmcb_control_area structure is
> used to indicate nested paging support. The nested paging support field
> is actually defined as bit 0 of the this field. In order to support a new
> feature flag the usage of the nested_ctl and nested paging support must
> be converted to operate on a single bit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h |    2 ++
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm.c         |    7 ++++---
>  2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

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Re: [RFC PATCH v1 05/28] KVM: SVM: prepare for new bit definition in  nested_ctl Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> - 2016-09-22 16:20 +0200

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