From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
d.riley@proxmox.com, jon@nutanix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 00/28] KVM: combined patchset for MBEC/GMET support
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:17:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <afOqrUcq6Hi7DuaA@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7b4dc292-a2e2-4d42-9e4a-bb1fe37a9013@redhat.com>
On Thu, Apr 30, 2026, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 4/30/26 17:07, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > I will once more send you to v3 (https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260408154217.458420-1-pbonzini@redhat.com/)
> > for the description of the series.
> >
> > v4 incorrectly rebased onto 7.1 KVM and broke the case where L1 disables
> > NPT. On top of that I made a few final touches on the patch split, and
> > opted to use the XU bit unconditionally in the MMU even if MBEC is disabled.
> > This is more consistent with the idea of reducing as much as possible
> > the differences between mbec=0 and mbec=1 modes.
>
> I placed this also at branch kvm-mbec of
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm.git.
A decent number of nits, but nothing that truly necessitates a respin or rewriting
of history. I don't have a strong preference between doing fixups versus cleanups
on top.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-30 19:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-30 15:07 [PATCH v5 00/28] KVM: combined patchset for MBEC/GMET support Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 01/28] KVM: TDX/VMX: rework EPT_VIOLATION_EXEC_FOR_RING3_LIN into PROT_MASK Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 02/28] KVM: x86/mmu: remove SPTE_PERM_MASK Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 03/28] KVM: x86/mmu: free up bit 10 of PTEs in preparation for MBEC Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 18:04 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 04/28] KVM: x86/mmu: shuffle high bits of SPTEs " Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 18:15 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 05/28] KVM: x86/mmu: remove SPTE_EPT_* Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 06/28] KVM: x86/mmu: merge make_spte_{non,}executable Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 18:22 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-01 3:51 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 07/28] KVM: x86/mmu: rename and clarify BYTE_MASK Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 18:39 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 08/28] KVM: x86/mmu: separate more EPT/non-EPT permission_fault() Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 18:35 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 09/28] KVM: x86/mmu: introduce ACC_READ_MASK Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 10/28] KVM: x86/mmu: pass PFERR_GUEST_PAGE/FINAL_MASK to kvm_translate_gpa Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 18:50 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-01 3:52 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 11/28] KVM: x86/mmu: pass pte_access for final nGPA->GPA walk Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 12/28] KVM: x86: make translate_nested_gpa vendor-specific Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 18:53 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-01 3:53 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 13/28] KVM: x86/mmu: split XS/XU bits for EPT Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 14/28] KVM: x86/mmu: move cr4_smep to base role Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 15/28] KVM: VMX: enable use of MBEC Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 19:00 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 16/28] KVM: nVMX: pass advanced EPT violation vmexit info to guest Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 17/28] KVM: nVMX: pass PFERR_USER_MASK to MMU on EPT violations Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 19:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 18/28] KVM: x86/mmu: add support for MBEC to EPT page table walks Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 19/28] KVM: nVMX: advertise MBEC to nested guests Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 20/28] KVM: nVMX: allow MBEC with EVMCS Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 21/28] KVM: x86/mmu: propagate access mask from root pages down Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 22/28] KVM: x86/mmu: introduce cpu_role bit for availability of PFEC.I/D Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 23/28] KVM: SVM: add GMET bit definitions Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 24/28] KVM: x86/mmu: hard code more bits in kvm_init_shadow_npt_mmu Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 19:09 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-01 3:50 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 25/28] KVM: x86/mmu: add support for GMET to NPT page table walks Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 26/28] KVM: SVM: enable GMET and set it in MMU role Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 19:15 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-05-01 3:59 ` Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 27/28] KVM: SVM: work around errata 1218 Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 15:07 ` [PATCH 28/28] KVM: nSVM: enable GMET for guests Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 16:16 ` [PATCH v5 00/28] KVM: combined patchset for MBEC/GMET support Paolo Bonzini
2026-04-30 19:17 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-05-01 3:46 ` Paolo Bonzini
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