Re: [PATCH v3 00/23] Opt-in always-on nVHE hypervisor

Matthew Wilcox
2020-11-26T16:24:52Z

On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 04:19:55PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 2020-11-26 15:57, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 03:53:58PM +0000, David Brazdil wrote:
> > > The hypervisor starts trapping host SMCs and intercepting host's PSCI
> > > CPU_ON/SUSPEND calls. It replaces the host's entry point with its own,
> > > initializes the EL2 state of the new CPU and installs the nVHE hyp
> > > vector
> > > before ERETing to the host's entry point.
> >
> > I hate CPU people. This is complete gibberish to anyone who doesn't
> > already have their head deep in ... whatever you're talking about.
>
> What I hate the most is people having a go at other people because they
> don't understand what is being discussed. Who is at fault there?

The person who wrote an explanation that doesn't actually explain
anything? If you're sending mail to a bunch of mailing lists which
aren't already familiar with what you're trying to do, the onus is on
you to do more explanation.