Re: [PATCH v4 0/8] Introduce CET supervisor state support

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Apr 02, 2025, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 4/2/25 14:12, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> > In any case, at this point I think we need to either double down on polishing
> > this thing up (by pausing other work) and have a clear “please do this with
> > these patches" request, or declare failure and argue for the smaller version.
> > 
> > I guess I still lean towards keeping the optimization. But I do think it's worth
> > considering at this point.
> 
> I'm not quite feeling the same sense of panic and some need to pause
> other work. This is thing is at v4. Between spring break and the merge
> window, v4 hasn't gotten many eyeballs, except Chang's (thanks Chang!).

This particular series is at v4, but KVM CET support was more or less ready to
roll 4 *years* ago.  I agree there's no need to panic, but some sense of urgency
would be nice.