Messages in this thread | | | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCHv6 11/30] x86/tdx: Handle in-kernel MMIO | Date | Thu, 17 Mar 2022 12:48:17 +0100 |
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On Wed, Mar 16 2022 at 14:53, Dave Hansen wrote: > On 3/15/22 19:08, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote: >> In other words, even if all of the work was done to paravirtualize all >> x86 MMIO users and virtio, this approach would still be needed. There >> is essentially no way to get rid of this code. > ... >> == Patching TDX drivers == > ...> This approach will be adopted in the future, removing the bulk of >> MMIO #VEs. The #VE-based MMIO will remain serving non-virtio use cases. > > I still don't like this very much, but I can't argue with my own logic. :) > > BTW, TDX folks... I expect you to, today, start coming up with a > comprehensive list of the MMIO-induced #VE's and the reasoning why they > should or should not be paravirtualized. You're going to get grumpy > maintainers if this is done haphazardly as one-offs when users hit > performance issues.
Grumpy maintainers? That's a meme. I've never seen that happen. :)
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