linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Part2 v6 05/49] x86/sev: Add RMP entry lookup helpers

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Date:   Sat, 23 Jul 2022 00:25:41 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH Part2 v6 05/49] x86/sev: Add RMP entry lookup helpers

On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 10:16:07PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Yar, just wanted to be make sure we're all on the same page, I wasn't entirely
> sure what was get nacked :-)

Not nacked - we're all just talking here. :-)

> Heh, you're definitely more optimistic than me.  I can just see something truly
> ridiculous happening like moving the page size bit and then getting weird behavior
> only when KVM happens to need the page size for some edge case.
> 
> Anyways, it's not a sticking point, and I certainly am not volunteering to
> maintain the FMS list...

Yeah, no need for it to be a sticking point because a pretty reliable
birdie just told me that we're worrying for nothing and it all will
solve itself.

:-)

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    Boris.

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