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FAILED: patch "[PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Refactor checking LBRV enablement in vmcb12 into a" failed to apply to 6.1-stable tree

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The patch below does not apply to the 6.1-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <[email protected]>.

To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:

git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.1.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 290c8d82023ab0e1d2782d37136541e017174d7c
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<[email protected]>' --in-reply-to '2026050314-casket-compress-9499@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.1.y' HEAD^..

Possible dependencies:

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

From 290c8d82023ab0e1d2782d37136541e017174d7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yosry Ahmed <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 00:34:00 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] KVM: nSVM: Refactor checking LBRV enablement in vmcb12 into a
helper

Refactor the vCPU cap and vmcb12 flag checks into a helper. The unlikely() annotation is dropped, it's unlikely (huh) to make a difference and the CPU will probably predict it better on its own.

CC [email protected]
Co-developed-by Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by Yosry Ahmed <[email protected]>
Link https://patch.msgid.link/[email protected] open here
Signed-off-by Sean Christopherson <[email protected]>
arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c +8 -4
index 7a472d7c6e98..d419fd516fa9 100644
@@ -640,6 +640,12 @@ void nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr->save.g_pat = svm->vmcb01.ptr->save.g_pat;
 }
 
+static bool nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LBRV) &&
+		(to_svm(vcpu)->nested.ctl.virt_ext & LBR_CTL_ENABLE_MASK);
+}
+
 static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct vmcb *vmcb12)
 {
 	bool new_vmcb12 = false;

@@ -704,8 +710,7 @@ static void nested_vmcb02_prepare_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct vmcb *vmcb12
 		vmcb_mark_dirty(vmcb02, VMCB_DR);
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LBRV) &&
-		     (svm->nested.ctl.virt_ext & LBR_CTL_ENABLE_MASK))) {
+	if (nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(vcpu)) {
 		/*
 		 * Reserved bits of DEBUGCTL are ignored.  Be consistent with
 		 * svm_set_msr's definition of reserved bits.

@@ -1233,8 +1238,7 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	if (!nested_exit_on_intr(svm))
 		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, &svm->vcpu);
 
-	if (unlikely(guest_cpu_cap_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LBRV) &&
-		     (svm->nested.ctl.virt_ext & LBR_CTL_ENABLE_MASK))) {
+	if (nested_vmcb12_has_lbrv(vcpu)) {
 		svm_copy_lbrs(&vmcb12->save, &vmcb02->save);
 	} else {
 		svm_copy_lbrs(&vmcb01->save, &vmcb02->save);