Re: [PATCH 1/7] hyperv: Detect Nested virtualization support for SVM

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Hi Vitaly,

On 4/8/21 7:06 AM, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
-	if (ms_hyperv.hints & HV_X64_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS_RECOMMENDED) {
+	/*
+	 * AMD does not need enlightened VMCS as VMCB is already a
+	 * datastructure in memory.
Well, VMCS is also a structure in memory, isn't it? It's just that we
don't have a 'clean field' concept for it and we can't use normal memory
accesses.

Yes, you are right. I was referring to the fact that we cant use normal
memory accesses, but is a bit mis-worded.


	We need to get the nested
+	 * features if SVM is enabled.
+	 */
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SVM) ||
+	    ms_hyperv.hints & HV_X64_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS_RECOMMENDED) {
Do I understand correctly that we can just look at CPUID.0x40000000.EAX
and in case it is >= 0x4000000A we can read HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES
leaf? I'd suggest we do that intead then.
I agree, that is a better way to consolidate both the cases.
Will change it in the next iteration. Probably the above code
comment is not needed when we consolidate the cases here.

Thanks,
Vineeth




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