linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/6] KVM: x86: Apply NX mitigation more precisely

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Message-ID: <YtWFniBENSKqZ8tT@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Jul 2022 16:09:02 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Mingwei Zhang <mizhang@...gle.com>
Cc:     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>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/6] KVM: x86: Apply NX mitigation more precisely

On Mon, Jul 18, 2022, Mingwei Zhang wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 09, 2022, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > This is just the kernel (NX) side of Mingwei's series "Verify dirty
> > logging works properly with page stats".  Relatively to v3 of Mingwei's
> > series[*], this fixes accounting (and tracking in the nonpaging case)
> > of disallowed NX huge pages.
> > 
> > I left off the selftests because I disagree with the "Dump stats" change,
> > and this has snowballed enough.
> 
> Hi Sean,
> 
> Ping on this one? This series might need a rebase and I can quickly
> provide the review, since several issues are blocked by this.

Sorry, I didn't realize (or more likely, forgot) that there is stuff depending
on this series and had it lower on my todo list.  I'll get it rebased this week.