linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] Introduce a quirk to control memslot zap behavior

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Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 01:06:37 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To: "seanjc@...gle.com" <seanjc@...gle.com>
CC: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>, "sagis@...gle.com" <sagis@...gle.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Zhao, Yan Y"
	<yan.y.zhao@...el.com>, "Aktas, Erdem" <erdemaktas@...gle.com>,
	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, "pbonzini@...hat.com"
	<pbonzini@...hat.com>, "Yamahata, Isaku" <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>,
	"dmatlack@...gle.com" <dmatlack@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] Introduce a quirk to control memslot zap behavior

On Thu, 2024-06-20 at 17:00 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> 
> What I was suggesting is that we condition the skipping of the mirror/private
> EPT pages tables on the quirk, i.e. zap *everything* for TDX VMs if the quirk
> is
> enabled.  Hence the very bizarre ABI.

Ah, I see now. Yes, that would be strange.