On 23.05.2024 13:16, Andrew Cooper wrote: > First, if XSAVE is available in hardware but not visible to the guest, the > dynamic leaves shouldn't be filled in. > > Second, the comment concerning XSS state is wrong. VT-x doesn't manage > host/guest state automatically, but there is provision for "host only" bits to > be set, so the implications are still accurate. > > Introduce xstate_compressed_size() to mirror the uncompressed one. Cross > check it at boot. > > Signed-off-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.coop...@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> Irrespective ... > v3: > * Adjust commit message about !XSAVE guests > * Rebase over boot time cross check > * Use raw policy ... it should probably have occurred to me earlier on to ask: Why raw policy? Isn't the host one the more appropriate one to use for any kind of internal decisions? Jan
