Re: [PATCH v6 00/12] SVM cleanup and INVPCID feature support

From: Jim Mattson
Date: Wed Jan 20 2021 - 16:44:42 EST


On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 3:45 PM Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> On 1/19/21 5:01 PM, Jim Mattson wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:33 AM Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> >> Thanks Paolo. Tested Guest/nested guest/kvm units tests. Everything works
> >> as expected.
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> > Debian 9 does not like this patch set. As a kvm guest, it panics on a
> > Milan CPU unless booted with 'nopcid'. Gmail mangles long lines, so
> > please see the attached kernel log snippet. Debian 10 is fine, so I
> > assume this is a guest bug.
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> We had an issue with PCID feature earlier. This was showing only with SEV
> guests. It is resolved recently. Do you think it is not related that?
> Here are the patch set.
> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/160521930597.32054.4906933314022910996.stgit@bmoger-ubuntu/

The Debian 9 release we tested is not an SEV guest.