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Message-ID: <20180417171057.2030e56b.cohuck@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 17 Apr 2018 17:10:57 +0200
From:   Cornelia Huck <cohuck@...hat.com>
To:     Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc:     Halil Pasic <pasic@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        freude@...ibm.com, schwidefsky@...ibm.com,
        heiko.carstens@...ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com,
        kwankhede@...dia.com, bjsdjshi@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, alex.williamson@...hat.com,
        pmorel@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, alifm@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        mjrosato@...ux.vnet.ibm.com, jjherne@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        thuth@...hat.com, berrange@...hat.com, fiuczy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com,
        buendgen@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 02/15] KVM: s390: reset crypto attributes for all
 vcpus

On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 10:55:30 -0400
Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:

> On 04/17/2018 10:29 AM, Halil Pasic wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 04/15/2018 11:22 PM, Tony Krowiak wrote:  
> >> Introduces a new function to reset the crypto attributes for all
> >> vcpus whether they are running or not. Each vcpu in KVM will
> >> be removed from SIE prior to resetting the crypto attributes in its
> >> SIE state description. After all vcpus have had their crypto attributes
> >> reset the vcpus will be restored to SIE.
> >>
> >> This function will be used in a later patch to set the ECA.28
> >> bit in the SIE state description to enable interpretive execution of
> >> AP instructions. It will also be incorporated into the
> >> kvm_s390_vm_set_crypto(kvm) function to fix an issue whereby the crypto
> >> key wrapping attributes could potentially get out of synch for running
> >> vcpus.
> >>  
> >
> > Wasn't this 'issue' reported by me by any chance?  
> 
> Yes it was .... was I supposed to include that fact in the commit message?

A Reported-by: is usually nice.

> 
> >
> > I agree with Connnie, we don't need the forward reference to
> > ECA.28.  
> 
> I'm not sure that's exactly what she said, but I'd be more than happy
> to remove it.

It was kind of implied :)

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