linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 003/102] KVM: Refactor CPU compatibility check on module initialiization

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jul 2022 15:16:48 +1200
From:   Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
To:     isaku.yamahata@...el.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     isaku.yamahata@...il.com, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 003/102] KVM: Refactor CPU compatibility check on
 module initialiization


> > +	/* hardware_enable_nolock() checks CPU compatibility on each CPUs. */
> > +	r = hardware_enable_all();
> > +	if (r)
> > +		goto out_free_2;
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Arch specific initialization that requires to enable virtualization
> > +	 * feature.  e.g. TDX module initialization requires VMXON on all
> > +	 * present CPUs.
> > +	 */
> > +	kvm_arch_post_hardware_enable_setup(opaque);
> 
> Please see my reply to your patch  "KVM: TDX: Initialize TDX module when loading
> kvm_intel.ko".
> 
> The introduce of __weak kvm_arch_post_hardware_enable_setup() should be in that
> patch since it has nothing to do the job you claimed to do in this patch.
> 
> And by removing it, this patch can be taken out of TDX series and upstreamed
> separately.

I tried to dig more about the history.  Please see my another reply and ignore
this.