linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/44] KVM: Rework kvm

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <82df23f2-b049-8bee-8bb8-608645b918d8@redhat.com>
Date:   Thu, 3 Nov 2022 16:27:47 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Marc Zyngier <maz@...nel.org>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@...nel.org>,
        Aleksandar Markovic <aleksandar.qemu.devel@...il.com>,
        Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Matthew Rosato <mjrosato@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Eric Farman <farman@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     James Morse <james.morse@....com>,
        Alexandru Elisei <alexandru.elisei@....com>,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>,
        Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@...ux.dev>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, kvm-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>,
        Fabiano Rosas <farosas@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Yuan Yao <yuan.yao@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/44] KVM: Rework kvm_init() and hardware enabling

On 11/3/22 13:08, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>> There are bug fixes throughout this series.  They are more scattered than
>> I would usually prefer, but getting the sequencing correct was a gigantic
>> pain for many of the x86 fixes due to needing to fix common code in order
>> for the x86 fix to have any meaning.  And while the bugs are often fatal,
>> they aren't all that interesting for most users as they either require a
>> malicious admin or broken hardware, i.e. aren't likely to be encountered
>> by the vast majority of KVM users.  So unless someone _really_ wants a
>> particular fix isolated for backporting, I'm not planning on shuffling
>> patches.
>>
>> Tested on x86.  Lightly tested on arm64.  Compile tested only on all 
>> other architectures.
> 
> Some sniff tests seem to work ok on s390.

Thanks.  There are just a couple nits, and MIPS/PPC/RISC-V have very 
small changes.  Feel free to send me a pull request once Marc acks.

Paolo