Re: [PATCH v3 24/27] KVM: nVMX: Add a prerequisite to existence of VMCS fields

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On Mon, Sep 30, 2024, Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
> Add a prerequisite to existence of VMCS fields as some of them exist
> only on processors that support certain CPU features.
> 
> This is required to fix KVM unit test VMX_VMCS_ENUM.MAX_INDEX.

If making the KVM-Unit-Test pass is the driving force for this code, then NAK.
We looked at this in detail a few years back, and came to the conclusion that
trying to precisely track which fields are/aren't supported would likely do more
harm than good.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/1629192673-9911-4-git-send-email-robert.hu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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