Re: [RFC v2-fix 1/1] x86/traps: Add #VE support for TDX guest

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Tue May 18 2021 - 11:12:22 EST


On 5/17/21 5:09 PM, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> After TDGETVEINFO #VE could happen in theory (e.g. through an NMI),
> although we don't expect it to happen because we don't expect NMIs to
> trigger #VEs. Another case where they could happen is if the #VE
> exception panics, but in this case there are no guarantees on anything
> anyways.

This implies: "we do not expect any NMI to do MMIO". Is that true? Why?