linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v3 09/59] KVM: Enable hardware before doing arch VM initialization

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Date:   Thu, 25 Nov 2021 20:02:31 +0100
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     isaku.yamahata@...el.com, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, erdemaktas@...gle.com,
        Connor Kuehl <ckuehl@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     isaku.yamahata@...el.com, isaku.yamahata@...il.com,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v3 09/59] KVM: Enable hardware before doing arch VM
 initialization

On Wed, Nov 24 2021 at 16:19, isaku yamahata wrote:
> From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
>
> Swap the order of hardware_enable_all() and kvm_arch_init_vm() to
> accommodate Intel's TDX, which needs VMX to be enabled during VM init in
> order to make SEAMCALLs.
>
> This also provides consistent ordering between kvm_create_vm() and
> kvm_destroy_vm() with respect to calling kvm_arch_destroy_vm() and
> hardware_disable_all().

So far so good. This should also explain that there is no downside with
that order change especially as this order has been that way for a long
time.

Thanks,

      tglx