Re: [PATCH 00/13] x86/tdx: Add kexec support

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On 10/09/23 at 04:36pm, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 07:49:35AM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> > On 10/05/23 at 04:13pm, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > > The patchset adds bits and pieces to get kexec (and crashkernel) work on
> > > TDX guest.
> > > 
> > > They bring kexec support to the point when we can start the new kernel,
> > > but it will only be able to use single CPU. It should be enough to cover
> > > the most common case: crashkernel.
> > 
> > Not sure if this question has been raised and answered in the past. Please
> > forgive my bad memory if it has. The one cpu is fine to kdump kernel most
> > of time, while we enable all CPUs by default when kexec rebooting. And kdump
> > kernel with multiple cpu is allowed too. Wondering if there's plan to
> > support the multiple cpu on TDX in the future.
> 
> Sorry, I didn't update this part of cover letter properly, but the last
> patch of the patchset makes possible to kexec with multiple CPUs and the
> 2nd kernel will see them all. It requires support on BIOS side, otherwise
> we fallback to single CPU kexec.

Oops, I didn't read them carefully. You have mentioned that in the last
paragraph of cover letter. That's a great news, thanks.


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