From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] x86/sev: Make sure IRQs are disabled while GHCB is active
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:40:40 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YNCIyFltNGzLWuk5@zn.tnic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210618115409.22735-2-joro@8bytes.org>
On Fri, Jun 18, 2021 at 01:54:08PM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
>
> The #VC handler only cares about IRQs being disabled while the GHCB is
> active, as it must not be interrupted by something which could cause
> another #VC while it holds the GHCB (NMI is the exception for which the
> backup GHCB exits).
>
> Make sure nothing interrupts the code path while the GHCB is active by
> disabling IRQs in sev_es_get_ghcb() and restoring the previous irq state
> in sev_es_put_ghcb().
Note for committer: update those function names.
--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-21 12:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-18 11:54 [PATCH v7 0/2] x86/sev: Fixes for SEV-ES Guest Support Joerg Roedel
2021-06-18 11:54 ` [PATCH v7 1/2] x86/sev: Make sure IRQs are disabled while GHCB is active Joerg Roedel
2021-06-21 12:40 ` Borislav Petkov [this message]
2021-06-18 11:54 ` [PATCH v7 2/2] x86/sev: Split up runtime #VC handler for correct state tracking Joerg Roedel
2021-06-21 13:13 ` [PATCH v7 0/2] x86/sev: Fixes for SEV-ES Guest Support Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-21 15:52 ` Joerg Roedel
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