Re: [PATCH v2 08/13] KVM: x86: Dynamically allocate per-vCPU emulation context

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On Tue, Mar 03, 2020 at 11:26:21AM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 26/02/20 18:29, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> >>  struct x86_emulate_ctxt {
> >> +	void *vcpu;
> > Why 'void *'? I changed this to 'struct kvm_vcpu *' and it seems to
> > compile just fine...
> > 
> 
> I guess because it's really just an opaque pointer; using void* ensures
> that the emulator doesn't break the emulator ops abstraction.

Ya, it prevents the emulator from directly deferencing the vcpu.



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