Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 15/10/19 12:53, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote: >> A very theoretical question: why do we have 'struct vcpu' embedded in >> vcpu_vmx/vcpu_svm and not the other way around (e.g. in a union)? That >> would've allowed us to allocate memory in common code and then fill in >> vendor-specific details in .create_vcpu(). > > Probably "because it's always been like that" is the most accurate answer. > OK, so let me make my question a bit less theoretical: would you be in favor of changing the status quo? :-) -- Vitaly