linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 00/18] KVM: VMX: Introduce Intel Mode-Based Execute Control (MBEC)

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20250416.peYa4autei9u@digikod.net>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:44:52 +0200
From: Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net>
To: Jon Kohler <jon@...anix.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, 
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, "tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>, 
	"mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>, "bp@...en8.de" <bp@...en8.de>, 
	"dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>, 
	"hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>, "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, 
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Alexander Grest <Alexander.Grest@...rosoft.com>, 
	Nicolas Saenz Julienne <nsaenz@...zon.es>, "Madhavan T . Venkataraman" <madvenka@...ux.microsoft.com>, 
	Tao Su <tao1.su@...ux.intel.com>, Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, 
	Zhao Liu <zhao1.liu@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 00/18] KVM: VMX: Introduce Intel Mode-Based Execute
 Control (MBEC)

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 02:43:57PM +0000, Jon Kohler wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Apr 15, 2025, at 5:29 AM, Mickaël Salaün <mic@...ikod.net> wrote:
> > 
> > !-------------------------------------------------------------------|
> >  CAUTION: External Email
> > 
> > |-------------------------------------------------------------------!
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > This series looks good, just some inlined questions.
> 
> RE Inlined questions - Did you send those elsewhere? I didn’t
> see any others in my inbox, nor on lore.

No, I just wanted to highlight that you inserted questions in several
patches. :)

> 
> > Sean, Paolo, what do you think?
> > 
> > Jon, what is the status of the QEMU patches?
> 
> I was waiting for comments here before sending to mailing list, but
> I did post a link to the tree in the cover letter. The actual commit itself
> is wicked trivial, so knock on wood, I’d imagine that would be the easiest
> part of this endeavor.
> 
> Would you suggest I sent those to QEMU mailing list now, while kernel side
> is still in RFC? Happy to do so if that makes sense.
> 
> https://github.com/JonKohler/qemu/commit/7a245414a0138b83cabcb809f5585ef8b5f78553

You can wait until Sean gets a look at this series, but you don't need
to wait for it to be merged before starting a discussion with QEMU
developers.