linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Introduce CET supervisor state support

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Message-ID: <Z4HI2EsPwezokhB0@google.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 17:26:48 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
Cc: tglx@...utronix.de, dave.hansen@...el.com, x86@...nel.org, 
	pbonzini@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, 
	peterz@...radead.org, rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com, mlevitsk@...hat.com, 
	weijiang.yang@...el.com, john.allen@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] Introduce CET supervisor state support

On Tue, Nov 26, 2024, Chao Gao wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 06:17:04PM +0800, Chao Gao wrote:
> >This v2 is essentially a resend of the v1 series. I took over this work
> >from Weijiang, so I added my Signed-off-by and incremented the version
> >number. This repost is to seek more feedback on this work, which is a
> >dependency for CET KVM support. In turn, CET KVM support is a dependency
> >for both FRED KVM support and CET AMD support.
> 
> This series is primarily for the CET KVM series. Merging it through the tip
> tree means this code will not have an actual user until the CET KVM series
> is merged. A good proposal from Rick is that x86 maintainers can ack this
> series, and then it can be picked up by the KVM maintainers along with the
> CET KVM series. Dave, Paolo and Sean, are you okay with this approach?

Boris indicated off-list that he would prefer to take this through tip and give
KVM an immutable branch.  I'm a-ok with either approach.