Thread (180 messages) 180 messages, 16 authors, 2020-06-23

Re: Should SEV-ES #VC use IST? (Re: [PATCH] Allow RDTSC and RDTSCP from userspace)

From: Joerg Roedel <hidden>
Date: 2020-06-23 12:12:44
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 01:50:14PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
If SNP is the sole reason #VC needs to be IST, then I'd strongly urge
you to only make it IST if/when you try and make SNP happen, not before.
It is not the only reason, when ES guests gain debug register support
then #VC also needs to be IST, because #DB can be promoted into #VC
then, and as #DB is IST for a reason, #VC needs to be too.

Besides that, I am not a fan of delegating problems I already see coming
to future-Joerg and future-Peter, but if at all possible deal with them
now and be safe later.

Regards,

	Joerg
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