Re: [PATCH v9 5/5] x86/pvh: fix unbootable VMs by really inlining memset() in xen_prepare_pvh()
From: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
Date: Tue Sep 15 2026 - 19:56:17 EST
On 2026-09-15 02:26, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2026 at 08:40:38AM -0300, Mauricio Faria de Oliveira wrote:
>> Due to scope and review purposes (4/5 is more generic, 5/5 is specific
>> to PVH). If there's a strong preference to combine these, please just
>> let me know.
>
> But they sound like they're fixing the same thing:
>
> "vmlinux no longer boots with CONFIG_PVH if CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC is set."
>
> and this one's commit message:
>
> "This particular one (still) generated the inline implementation as expected
> (at least in these compiler versions)"
>
> sounds like it is referring to the previous patch. Or I don't know what you
> mean with "these compiler versions"?
>
> Bottom line: if someone needs to apply both to fix unbootable PVH VMs due to
> mis-inlining of the compiler, then someone can simply apply one and be done
> with it.
>
> Thx.
Sure, I'll combine these.
Thanks,
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Mauricio