linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: SVM: allow to intercept all exceptions for debug

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Date:   Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:47:40 +0100
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Kieran Bingham <kbingham@...nel.org>,
        Jessica Yu <jeyu@...nel.org>,
        Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE (32-BIT AND 64-BIT)" <x86@...nel.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Stefano Garzarella <sgarzare@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: SVM: allow to intercept all exceptions for debug

On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 11:24:25AM +0200, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> But again this is a debug feature, and it is intended to allow the user
> to shoot himself in the foot.

And one can't debug SEV-ES guests with it, so what is the point of
enabling it for them too?

Regards,

	Joerg