Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] x86/boot: Implement early memory acceptance for SEV-SNP

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Mon Apr 07 2025 - 12:50:32 EST



* Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 04, 2025 at 08:07:03AM -0700, Dionna Amalie Glaze wrote:
> > If the GHCB is available, we should always prefer it.
>
> I believe we should consider the cost of code duplication in this
> situation.
>
> If the non-early version is only used in the kexec path, it will not be
> tested as frequently and could be more easily broken. I think it would be
> acceptable for kexec to be slightly slower if it results in more
> maintainable code.

Absolutely so.

Thanks,

Ingo