On 10.09.2020 15:46, Bertrand Marquis wrote: > Some open questions: > - should we allow to register an area using both hypercalls or should it be > exclusive ?
I thought it was already clarified that to a certain degree both need to remain usable at least in sequence, to allow transitioning control between entirely independent entities (bootloader -> kernel -> dump- kernel, for example). > - should we backport the support for this hypercall in older kernel releases ? It's a bug fix to KPTI, and as such ought to be at least eligible for considering doing so? Jan
