From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: "Kalra, Ashish" <ashish.kalra@amd.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 7/7] x86/sev: Add debugfs support for RMPOPT
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 14:42:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56eef9fa-d8cb-480a-b3b1-f01456ebdb4f@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5849645c-f701-4768-8cdf-1f9032e3226f@amd.com>
On 6/18/26 12:57, Kalra, Ashish wrote:
> Maybe i can add a line to this patch's commit message stating it's a
> debug-only interface with no stability guarantee.
I'd highly suggest reading the lwn article Boris referenced.
In the meantime, drop this patch from the series. Please. Let's revisit
debugging interfaces *after* this gets merged. That way, you can
concentrate on functionality and not debug interfaces that aren't
critically needed.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-18 21:42 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <cover.1781419998.git.ashish.kalra@amd.com>
2026-06-15 19:48 ` [PATCH v8 1/7] x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_FEATURE_RMPOPT feature flag Ashish Kalra
2026-06-15 19:48 ` [PATCH v8 2/7] x86/sev: Initialize RMPOPT configuration MSRs Ashish Kalra
2026-06-16 6:03 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-06-18 18:23 ` Kalra, Ashish
2026-06-18 21:08 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-06-15 19:49 ` [PATCH v8 3/7] crypto/ccp: Disable CPU hotplug while SNP is active Ashish Kalra
2026-06-17 4:33 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-06-17 22:23 ` Kalra, Ashish
2026-06-18 21:49 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-06-18 21:35 ` Dave Hansen
2026-06-15 19:49 ` [PATCH v8 4/7] x86/sev: Add support to perform RMP optimizations asynchronously Ashish Kalra
2026-06-16 7:27 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-06-16 19:56 ` Kalra, Ashish
2026-06-17 4:20 ` K Prateek Nayak
2026-06-17 21:57 ` Kalra, Ashish
2026-06-15 19:49 ` [PATCH v8 5/7] x86/sev: Add interface to re-enable RMP optimizations Ashish Kalra
2026-06-18 21:41 ` Dave Hansen
2026-06-15 19:50 ` [PATCH v8 6/7] KVM: SEV: Perform RMP optimizations on SNP guest shutdown Ashish Kalra
2026-06-18 21:42 ` Dave Hansen
2026-06-15 19:50 ` [PATCH v8 7/7] x86/sev: Add debugfs support for RMPOPT Ashish Kalra
2026-06-18 18:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-06-18 19:57 ` Kalra, Ashish
2026-06-18 20:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2026-06-18 21:42 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
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