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From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com>
To: "Xu, Yilun" <yilun.xu@intel.com>, "Christopherson,,
	Sean" <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: "andrew.cooper3@citrix.com" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"Gao, Chao" <chao.gao@intel.com>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"dave.hansen@linux.intel.com" <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
	"bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>,
	"mingo@redhat.com" <mingo@redhat.com>,
	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"pbonzini@redhat.com" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 10/19] x86/virt: KVM: Move VMXOFF helpers into KVM VMX
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2023 09:43:04 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2c027d5d666eca7d5b4ba31208e72ad6ddb7223c.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZMOFc+RfSuc5I+XB@yilunxu-OptiPlex-7050>

On Fri, 2023-07-28 at 17:08 +0800, Xu, Yilun wrote:
> On 2023-07-21 at 13:18:50 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Now that VMX is disabled in emergencies via the virt callbacks, move the
> > VMXOFF helpers into KVM, the only remaining user.
> 
> Not sure if it's too early to mention.
> 
> Intel TDX Connect could be a future user, it is the TDX extension for
> device security. 
> 
> TDX uses SEAMCALL to interact with TDX Module, and SEAMCALL execution
> requires VMXON. This is also true for TDX Connect. But TDX Connect
> covers more controls out of KVM scope, like PCI IDE, SPDM, IOMMU.
> IOW, other driver modules may use SEAMCALLs and in turn use VMXON/OFF
> for TDX Connect.
> 
> I'm wondering if then we should again move VMXON/OFF helpers back to
> virtext.h
> 
> Or, could we just keep vmxoff unchanged now?
> 

I'd say we should just proceed with Sean's this patch.  Moving VMXON/VMXOFF out
from KVM needs additional things besides keeping the basic vmxon()/vmxoff()
functions at core-x86 in order to handle multiple callers from multiple kernel
components.  And vmxon()/vmxoff() aren't necessary to be in virtext.h either,
depending on the implementation.  Let's handle that when we need that in the
future.

  reply	other threads:[~2023-07-28  9:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 36+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-07-21 20:18 [PATCH v4 00/19] x86/reboot: KVM: Clean up "emergency" virt code Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 01/19] x86/reboot: VMCLEAR active VMCSes before emergency reboot Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 02/19] x86/reboot: Harden virtualization hooks for " Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 03/19] x86/reboot: KVM: Handle VMXOFF in KVM's reboot callback Sean Christopherson
2023-07-24 23:57   ` Huang, Kai
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 04/19] x86/reboot: KVM: Disable SVM during reboot via virt/KVM " Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 05/19] x86/reboot: Assert that IRQs are disabled when turning off virtualization Sean Christopherson
2023-07-24 21:19   ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-24 21:41     ` Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 06/19] x86/reboot: Hoist "disable virt" helpers above "emergency reboot" path Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 07/19] x86/reboot: Disable virtualization during reboot iff callback is registered Sean Christopherson
2023-07-24 23:57   ` Huang, Kai
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 08/19] x86/reboot: Expose VMCS crash hooks if and only if KVM_{INTEL,AMD} is enabled Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 09/19] x86/virt: KVM: Open code cpu_has_vmx() in KVM VMX Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 10/19] x86/virt: KVM: Move VMXOFF helpers into " Sean Christopherson
2023-07-28  9:08   ` Xu Yilun
2023-07-28  9:43     ` Huang, Kai [this message]
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 11/19] KVM: SVM: Make KVM_AMD depend on CPU_SUP_AMD or CPU_SUP_HYGON Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 12/19] x86/virt: Drop unnecessary check on extended CPUID level in cpu_has_svm() Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 13/19] x86/virt: KVM: Open code cpu_has_svm() into kvm_is_svm_supported() Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 14/19] KVM: SVM: Check that the current CPU supports SVM in kvm_is_svm_supported() Sean Christopherson
2023-07-24 21:21   ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-24 21:40     ` Sean Christopherson
2023-07-25  9:16       ` Peter Zijlstra
2023-07-27 16:39         ` Sean Christopherson
2023-07-24 22:29   ` Dmitry Torokhov
2023-07-24 23:53     ` Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 15/19] KVM: VMX: Ensure CPU is stable when probing basic VMX support Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 16/19] x86/virt: KVM: Move "disable SVM" helper into KVM SVM Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 17/19] KVM: x86: Force kvm_rebooting=true during emergency reboot/crash Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 18/19] KVM: SVM: Use "standard" stgi() helper when disabling SVM Sean Christopherson
2023-07-21 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 19/19] KVM: VMX: Skip VMCLEAR logic during emergency reboots if CR4.VMXE=0 Sean Christopherson
2023-07-25  3:51   ` Huang, Kai
2023-07-25 18:15     ` Sean Christopherson
2023-07-25 22:20       ` Huang, Kai
2023-08-04  0:40 ` [PATCH v4 00/19] x86/reboot: KVM: Clean up "emergency" virt code Sean Christopherson

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