linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Part2 v5 00/45] Add AMD Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP) Hypervisor Support

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Message-ID: <YZP31a8acsfD+snJ@google.com>
Date:   Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:26:29 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, Marc Orr <marcorr@...gle.com>,
        "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
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        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH Part2 v5 00/45] Add AMD Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP)
 Hypervisor Support

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> But as Marc already pointed out, the kernel needs a plan B when an RMP
> happens anyway due to some bug.

I don't see why unexpected RMP #PF is a special snowflake that needs a different
plan than literally every other type of unexpected #PF in the kernel.