Re: [PATCH Part2 v5 32/45] KVM: x86: Define RMP page fault error bits for #NPF

Borislav Petkov
2021-10-01T13:03:02Z

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 04:41:54PM -0700, Marc Orr wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 9:00 AM Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com> wrote:
> >
> > When SEV-SNP is enabled globally, the hardware places restrictions on all
> > memory accesses based on the RMP entry, whether the hypervisor or a VM,
> > performs the accesses. When hardware encounters an RMP access violation
> > during a guest access, it will cause a #VMEXIT(NPF).
> >
> > See APM2 section 16.36.10 for more details.
>
> nit: Section # should be 15.36.10 (rather than 16.36.10). Also, is it
> better to put section headings, rather than numbers in the commit logs
> and comments? Someone mentioned to me that the section numbering in
> APM and SDM can move around over time, but the section titles tend to
> be more stable. I'm not sure how true this is, so feel free to
> disregard this comment.

No, that comment is correct, please make it unambiguous so that if
someone's looking later, someone can find the section even in future
docs. (I'm hoping they don't change headings, that is...).

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.