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Message-ID: <e4aa03cb-0f80-bd5f-f69e-39b636476f00@linux.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2023 12:31:26 +0800
From: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@...ux.intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
pbonzini@...hat.com, chao.gao@...el.com, kai.huang@...el.com,
David.Laight@...lab.com, robert.hu@...ux.intel.com,
guang.zeng@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 0/9] Linear Address Masking (LAM) KVM Enabling
On 8/17/2023 5:17 PM, Binbin Wu wrote:
>
>
> On 8/17/2023 6:25 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> On Wed, Jul 19, 2023, Binbin Wu wrote:
>>> Binbin Wu (7):
>>> KVM: x86/mmu: Use GENMASK_ULL() to define __PT_BASE_ADDR_MASK
>>> KVM: x86: Add & use kvm_vcpu_is_legal_cr3() to check CR3's legality
>>> KVM: x86: Use KVM-governed feature framework to track "LAM enabled"
>>> KVM: x86: Virtualize CR3.LAM_{U48,U57}
>>> KVM: x86: Introduce get_untagged_addr() in kvm_x86_ops and call
>>> it in
>>> emulator
>>> KVM: VMX: Implement and wire get_untagged_addr() for LAM
>>> KVM: x86: Untag address for vmexit handlers when LAM applicable
>>>
>>> Robert Hoo (2):
>>> KVM: x86: Virtualize CR4.LAM_SUP
>>> KVM: x86: Expose LAM feature to userspace VMM
>> Looks good, just needs a bit of re-organination. Same goes for the
>> LASS series.
>>
>> For the next version, can you (or Zeng) send a single series for LAM
>> and LASS?
>> They're both pretty much ready to go, i.e. I don't expect one to hold
>> up the other
>> at this point, and posting a single series will reduce the
>> probability of me
>> screwing up a conflict resolution or missing a dependency when applying.
>>
Hi Sean,
Do you still prefer a single series for LAM and LASS for the next
version when we don't need to rush for v6.6?
>> Lastly, a question: is there a pressing need to get LAM/LASS support
>> merged _now_?
>> E.g. are there are there any publicly available CPUs that support LAM
>> and/or LASS?
> AFAIK, there is no publicly available CPU supporting LAM and LASS yet.
>
>>
>> If not, I'll wait until v6.7 to grab these, e.g. so that you don't
>> have to rush
>> madly to turn around the next version, and so that I'm not trying to
>> squeeze too
>> much stuff in just before the merge window.
>
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