Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Don't create kvm-nx-lpage-re kthread if not itlb_multihit

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On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 7:07 PM Robert Hoo <robert.hoo.linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> With regards to NX_hugepage, I see people dislike it [1][2][3], but on HW
> with itlb_multihit, they've no choice but to use it to mitigate.

I think it's safe to say that no one likes the NX-hugepage mitigation.
It seems that we've gone to extremes to prevent this one specific DoS
vector. Do we have confidence that we have comparable protection from
*all* DoS vectors? If we let just one slip through, then there isn't
much point in going crazy about others.




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