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From: Xiao Guangrong <guangrong.xiao@linux.intel.com>
To: Bandan Das <bsd@redhat.com>, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] Add support for EPT execute only for nested hypervisors
Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 12:39:55 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <576A169B.5090608@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1466478746-14153-1-git-send-email-bsd@redhat.com>



On 06/21/2016 11:12 AM, Bandan Das wrote:
> I spoke to Paolo about this a while back and thought to post this as
> RFC while I am thinking of adding some unit tests.
>
> Background: ESX refuses to run as L1 if support for EPT execute only isn't
> found. I am not really sure if it uses it for anything since just advertising
> the bits seems to work but adding the necessary plumbing seemed like a good idea.
>
> Xiao, I took the liberty of adding you based on "git blame" :)

Thank you, Bandan! I really hope all mmu related patches can be CCed to me
in case if i am too busy to watch patches in kvm mail list. :)

Some points are missed in this patchset:
1) You also need to tech is_present_gpte() about this fact.
2) update_permission_bitmask() need to be fixed as it always expects
    that read-access is available (actually, read-access is equal with
    user-access if ept is shadowed).

  parent reply	other threads:[~2016-06-22  4:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-06-21  3:12 [RFC PATCH 0/4] Add support for EPT execute only for nested hypervisors Bandan Das
2016-06-21  3:12 ` [RFC PATCH 1/4] mmu: add a boolean to indicate host ept execute only support Bandan Das
2016-06-21  3:12 ` [RFC PATCH 2/4] mmu: Update ept specific valid bit values Bandan Das
2016-06-21  8:08   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-22  4:09   ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-06-21  3:12 ` [RFC PATCH 3/4] mmu: don't set the present bit unconditionally Bandan Das
2016-06-21  8:12   ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-21  8:40     ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-22 16:10     ` Bandan Das
2016-06-22 16:12       ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-22 16:23         ` Bandan Das
2016-06-22  4:30   ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-06-22 16:21     ` Bandan Das
2016-06-21  3:12 ` [RFC PATCH 4/4] vmx: advertise support for ept execute only Bandan Das
2016-06-22  4:39 ` Xiao Guangrong [this message]
2016-06-22 16:34   ` [RFC PATCH 0/4] Add support for EPT execute only for nested hypervisors Bandan Das
2016-06-23  5:03     ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-06-24  2:56       ` Bandan Das
2016-06-24  4:22         ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-24  4:50           ` Bandan Das
2016-06-24  6:46             ` Paolo Bonzini
2016-06-24  7:02               ` Xiao Guangrong
2016-06-24 16:19               ` Bandan Das

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