linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Unify VERW mitigation for guests

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Message-ID: <20251030102826.GAaQM9ykytR9Dm3yEb@fat_crate.local>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2025 11:28:26 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...nel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kvm@...r.kernel.org, Tao Zhang <tao1.zhang@...el.com>,
	Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
	Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Unify VERW mitigation for guests

On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 05:29:08PM -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Any objection to taking these through the KVM tree when they're ready?  There
> will be a conflict in vmx.c with an L1TF related cleanup, and that conflict is
> actually helpful in that the two series feed off each other a little bit.

I don't see why not.

At the moment, we don't have a whole lot in tip touching that area and if it
ends up appearing, I'd ping you for an immutable branch I could use.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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