linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv5 10/16] x86/tdx: Convert shared memory back to private on kexec

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Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2024 01:12:51 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To: "kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv5 10/16] x86/tdx: Convert shared memory back to private on
 kexec

On Sat, 2024-01-06 at 03:59 +0300, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com
wrote:
> But why? There's no concurrency at this point. Interrupts are
> disabled and
> only one CPU is active. Nobody can touch the memory relevant for the
> PTE.

Oh, right, sorry. I had thought there could be other CPUs active at
that point.