'dirty_vmcs12' is only checked in prepare_vmcs02_early()/prepare_vmcs02() and both checks look like: 'vmx->nested.dirty_vmcs12 || evmptr_is_valid(vmx->nested.hv_evmcs_vmptr)' so for eVMCS case the flag changes nothing. Drop the assignment to avoid the confusion. No functional change intended. Reported-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c index 74ff3fd56ce5..c662278e4793 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c @@ -2022,7 +2022,6 @@ static enum nested_evmptrld_status nested_vmx_handle_enlightened_vmptrld( return EVMPTRLD_VMFAIL; } - vmx->nested.dirty_vmcs12 = true; vmx->nested.hv_evmcs_vmptr = evmcs_gpa; evmcs_gpa_changed = true; -- 2.31.1