On 17/12/20 00:48, Sean Christopherson wrote:
c) refactor SEV-ES handling as part of this series. it's only a small change
to the SEV-ES code but it re-orders enough things around that I'm
concerned it might invalidate some of the internal testing we've done.
whereas a follow-up refactoring such as the above options can be rolled
into our internal testing so we can let our test teams re-verify
Obviously I prefer b) but I'm biased on the matter and fine with whatever
you and others think is best. I just wanted to point out my concerns with
the various options.
Definitely (c). This has already missed 5.11 (unless Paolo plans on shooting
from the hip),
No, 5.11 is more or less done as far as x86 is concerned. I'm sending
the PR to Linus right now.
Paolo
which means SEV-ES will get to enjoy a full (LTS) kernel release
before these optimizations take effect.