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: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Date: 2020-06-23 16:10:24
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On Tue, Jun 23, 2020 at 04:32:22PM +0100, Andrew Cooper wrote:
MSR_MCG_STATUS.MCIP, and yes - any #MC before that point will
immediately Shutdown.  Any #MC between that point and IRET will clobber
its IST stack and end up sad.
Well, at some point we should simply accept that we're living a little
on the edge. That is, until we get IRET with a mask of to-reenable
vectors which has #MC, NMI and whatever else vectors. It would be even
better if that mask were configurable.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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