From: Shivansh Dhiman <shivansh.dhiman@amd.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Shivansh Dhiman <shivansh.dhiman@amd.com>
Cc: <pbonzini@redhat.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<kvm@vger.kernel.org>, <tglx@linutronix.de>, <mingo@redhat.com>,
<bp@alien8.de>, <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, <x86@kernel.org>,
<hpa@zytor.com>, <xin@zytor.com>, <nikunj.dadhania@amd.com>,
<santosh.shukla@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: SVM: Initialize FRED VMCB fields
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:48:36 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b83bee03-5e7a-40ff-ab7d-c183bedb7373@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <aa8YH4yzXAXGiL4k@google.com>
On 10-03-2026 00:27, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>>>> + save->fred_rsp0 = 0;
>>>> + save->fred_rsp1 = 0;
>>>> + save->fred_rsp2 = 0;
>>>> + save->fred_rsp3 = 0;
>>>> + save->fred_stklvls = 0;
>>>> + save->fred_ssp1 = 0;
>>>> + save->fred_ssp2 = 0;
>>>> + save->fred_ssp3 = 0;
>>>> + save->fred_config = 0;
>>>
>>> Is this architecturally correct? I.e. are all the FRED MSRs zeroed on INIT?
>>
>> Yes that's right, the FRED MSRs are zeroed on init.
>
> Please use that as the basis for the changelog. "Ensure that a vCPU starts with
> a clean and valid FRED state on capable hardware" is largely meaningless because
> vCPU structures are zero-allocated.
Will do. Thanks for pointing out.
- Shivansh
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-11 4:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-29 6:36 [PATCH 0/7] KVM: SVM: Enable FRED support Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 1/7] KVM: SVM: Initialize FRED VMCB fields Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 1:58 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 17:46 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-09 18:57 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-11 4:18 ` Shivansh Dhiman [this message]
2026-03-27 6:41 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 2/7] KVM: SVM: Disable interception of FRED MSRs for FRED supported guests Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 2:10 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 17:47 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 3/7] KVM: SVM: Save restore FRED_RSP0 " Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-05 20:37 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 4/7] KVM: SVM: Populate FRED event data on event injection Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-06 11:31 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-03-09 19:47 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 5/7] KVM: SVM: Support FRED nested exception injection Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 2:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-10 15:56 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-10 16:20 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-11 4:12 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 6/7] KVM: SVM: Dump FRED context in dump_vmcb() Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 2:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 19:57 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-01-29 6:36 ` [PATCH 7/7] KVM: SVM: Enable save/restore of FRED MSRs Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-07 2:14 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-09 18:20 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-02-06 9:22 ` [PATCH 0/7] KVM: SVM: Enable FRED support Shivansh Dhiman
2026-02-11 0:53 ` Andrew Cooper
2026-03-06 9:33 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-03 17:58 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-14 12:55 Re: [PATCH 1/7] KVM: SVM: Initialize FRED VMCB fields Christian Ludloff
2026-03-27 6:47 ` Shivansh Dhiman
2026-03-27 7:29 ` Christian Ludloff
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