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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 12/17] KVM: arm64: Add PROTECTED_NVHE_STACKTRACE Kconfig
On Tue, Jul 26, 2022 at 3:00 AM Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:37:45 +0100,
> Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > This can be used to disable stacktrace for the protected KVM
> > nVHE hypervisor, in order to save on the associated memory usage.
> >
> > This option is disabled by default, since protected KVM is not widely
> > used on platforms other than Android currently.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kalesh Singh <kaleshsingh@google.com>
> > Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
> > Tested-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
> > ---
> >
> > Changes in v6:
> > - Add Fuad’s Reviewed-by and Tested-by tags
> >

> > Changes in v5:
> > - Make PROTECTED_NVHE_STACKTRACE depend on NVHE_EL2_DEBUG, per Marc
> >
> > arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig | 15 +++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
> > index 8a5fbbf084df..09c995869916 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
> > @@ -46,6 +46,21 @@ menuconfig KVM
> >
> > If unsure, say N.
> >
> > +config PROTECTED_NVHE_STACKTRACE
> > + bool "Protected KVM hypervisor stacktraces"
> > + depends on NVHE_EL2_DEBUG
> > + default n
> > + help
> > + Say Y here to enable pKVM hypervisor stacktraces on hyp_panic()
> > +
> > + If you are not using protected nVHE (pKVM), say N.
> > +
> > + If using protected nVHE mode, but cannot afford the associated
> > + memory cost (less than 0.75 page per CPU) of pKVM stacktraces,
> > + say N.
> > +
> > + If unsure, say N.
> > +
> > config NVHE_EL2_DEBUG
> > bool "Debug mode for non-VHE EL2 object"
> > depends on KVM
>
> Having NVHE_EL2_DEBUG after PROTECTED_NVHE_STACKTRACE is pretty odd
> when you use 'make menuconfig', as the new option appears out of
> sequence.

Ahh good catch. Should have moved it when the dependency got changed.

>
> I'll move it around, no need to respin for this.
>

Thanks Marc.


> Thanks,
>
> M.
>
> --
> Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.

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