Thread (178 messages) 178 messages, 11 authors, 2022-06-06

Re: [PATCH Part2 RFC v4 30/40] KVM: X86: Define new RMP check related #NPF error bits

From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Date: 2021-07-16 20:23:11
Also in: linux-coco, linux-crypto, linux-efi, linux-mm, lkml, platform-driver-x86

Nit, please use "KVM: x86:" for the shortlogs.  And ubernit, the "new" part is
redundant and/or misleading, e.g. implies that more error code bits are being
added to existing SNP/RMP checks.  E.g.

  KVM: x86: Define RMP page fault error code bits for #NPT

On Wed, Jul 07, 2021, Brijesh Singh wrote:
When SEV-SNP is enabled globally, the hardware places restrictions on all
memory accesses based on the RMP entry, whether the hyperviso or a VM,
Another typo.
performs the accesses. When hardware encounters an RMP access violation
during a guest access, it will cause a #VMEXIT(NPF).
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