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

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Date:   Wed, 2 Nov 2022 18:59:13 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     isaku.yamahata@...el.com, 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 Wed, Nov 02, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 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?

Yep.