linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 00/30] KVM: hardware enable/disable reorganize

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Message-ID: <38d7f8af-3cf0-0d5b-3fda-a2a3326f7b28@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2022 19:02:47 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, isaku.yamahata@...el.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        isaku.yamahata@...il.com, Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
        Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>,
        Daniel Lezcano <daniel.lezcano@...aro.org>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/30] KVM: hardware enable/disable reorganize

On 10/14/22 06:04, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Good news (from a certain point of view):
> The reason that the "generic h/w enabling" doesn't help much is because after sorting
> out the myriad issues in KVM initialization, which is even more of a bug-ridden mess
> than I initially thought, kvm_init() no longer has_any_  arch hooks.  All the compat
> checks and whatnot are handled in x86, so tweaking those for TDX should be easier,
> or at the very least, we should have more options.
> 
> Sorting everything out is proving to be a nightmare, but I think I have the initial
> coding done.  Testing will be fun.  It'll likely be next week before I can post
> anything.

Hi Sean,

is this the same series that you mentioned a couple hours ago in reply 
to Isaku?

Thanks,

Paolo