linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 13/18] KVM: x86: Introduce new KVM_FEATURE_SEV_LIVE

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Date:   Sun, 6 Dec 2020 11:57:58 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Ashish Kalra <Ashish.Kalra@....com>
Cc:     Thomas.Lendacky@....com, bp@...e.de, brijesh.singh@....com,
        hpa@...or.com, joro@...tes.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        rientjes@...gle.com, srutherford@...gle.com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        venu.busireddy@...cle.com, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 13/18] KVM: x86: Introduce new
 KVM_FEATURE_SEV_LIVE_MIGRATION feature & Custom MSR.

On 04/12/20 18:23, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 04, 2020, Ashish Kalra wrote:
>> An immediate response, actually the SEV live migration patches are preferred
>> over the Page encryption bitmap patches, in other words, if SEV live
>> migration patches are applied then we don't need the Page encryption bitmap
>> patches and we prefer the live migration series to be applied.
>>
>> It is not that page encryption bitmap series supersede the live migration
>> patches, they are just cut of the live migration patches.
> In that case, can you post a fresh version of the live migration series?  Paolo
> is obviously willing to take a big chunk of that series, and it will likely be
> easier to review with the full context, e.g. one of my comments on the standalone
> encryption bitmap series was going to be that it's hard to review without seeing
> the live migration aspect.

It still applies without change.  For now I'll only keep the series 
queued in my (n)SVM branch, but will hold on applying it to kvm.git's 
queue and next branches.

Thanks,

Paolo