Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] TDX host: kexec/kdump support

[Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>]

On 7/17/25 23:46, Kai Huang wrote:
> This series is the latest attempt to support kexec on TDX host following
> Dave's suggestion to use a percpu boolean to control WBINVD during
> kexec.
> 
> Hi Boris/Tom,
> 
> As requested, I added the first patch to cleanup the last two 'unsigned
> int' parameters of the relocate_kernel() into one 'unsigned int' and pass
> flags instead.  The patch 2 (patch 1 in v3) also gets updated based on
> that.  Would you help to review?  Thanks.
> 
> I tested that both normal kexec and preserve_context kexec works (using
> the tools/testing/selftests/kexec/test_kexec_jump.sh).  But I don't have
> SME capable machine to test.
> 
> Hi Tom, I added your Reviewed-by and Tested-by in the patch 2 anyway
> since I believe the change is trivial and straightforward).  But due to
> the cleanup patch, I appreciate if you can help to test the first two
> patches again.  Thanks a lot!

I guess we're just waiting for a v5 with testb and an augmented comment 
in patch 1?

(Frankly, I am not sure I see any improvement with respect to v3.  When 
assembly is involved, what looks like a cleanup can make register usage 
more messy.  But since the code is there, I'm not going to ask Kai or 
anyone else to do anything).

Paolo