linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86/intr: Explicitly check NMI from guest to eliminate false positives

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Message-ID: <ZXHzTaZU1TY_HEVC@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 7 Dec 2023 08:31:09 -0800
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Like Xu <like.xu.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86/intr: Explicitly check NMI from guest to
 eliminate false positives

On Thu, Dec 07, 2023, Like Xu wrote:
> On 6/12/2023 11:30 pm, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Please don't make up random prefixes.  This should really be "x86/pmu".
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I'm hesitant to categorize about NMI handling into kvm/pmu scope.

Why?  Literally the only thing this can affect is PMU behavior.  Even if there's
a bug that affects the kernel's PMU, that's still x86/pmu as far as KVM is
concerned.