On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 2:13 PM Michael Roth <[email protected]> wrote:
> > This 'Fixes:' tag is misleading, since as you mentioned this commit
> > only exposes the issue.
>
> That's true, a "Workaround-for: " tag or something like that might be more
> appropriate. I just wanted to make it clear that SEV-ES support is no longer
> working with that patch applied, so I used Fixes: and elaborated on the
> commit message. I can change it if there's a better way to convey this
> though.
That's fine, Fixes is also for automated checks, like "if you have
this commit you also want this one".
> >
> > Commit d499f196fe ("target/i386: Added consistency checks for EFER")
> > or around it seems more appropriate.
>
> Those checks seem to be more for TCG.
Yes, that's 100% TCG code.
> The actual bug is in the host
> kernel, and it seems to have been there basically since the original
> SEV-ES host support went in in 2020. I've also sent a patch to address
> this in KVM:
>
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/T/#u
Thanks, looking at it.
Paolo
