Re: [PATCH v3 00/27] Enable FRED with KVM VMX

[Sean Christopherson]

On Tue, Feb 18, 2025, Xin Li wrote:
> On 9/30/2024 10:00 PM, Xin Li (Intel) wrote:
> While I'm waiting for the CET patches for native Linux and KVM to be
> upstreamed, do you think if it's worth it for you to take the cleanup
> and some of the preparation patches first?

Yes, definitely.  I'll go through the series and see what I can grab now.

Thanks!

> Top of my mind are:
>     KVM: x86: Use a dedicated flow for queueing re-injected exceptions
>     KVM: VMX: Don't modify guest XFD_ERR if CR0.TS=1
>     KVM: VMX: Pass XFD_ERR as pseudo-payload when injecting #NM
>     KVM: nVMX: Add a prerequisite to existence of VMCS fields
>     KVM: nVMX: Add a prerequisite to SHADOW_FIELD_R[OW] macros
> 
> Then specially, the nested exception tracking patch seems a good one as
> Chao Gao suggested to decouple the nested tracking from FRED:
>     KVM: VMX: Virtualize nested exception tracking
> 
> Lastly the patches to add support for the secondary VM exit controls might
> go in early as well:
>     KVM: VMX: Add support for the secondary VM exit controls
>     KVM: nVMX: Add support for the secondary VM exit controls
> 
> But if you don't like the idea please just let me know.
> 
> Thanks!
>     Xin