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SubjectRe: [RFC PATCH 1/2] KVM: x86: Add a new system attribute for dynamic XSTATE component
On Thu, Aug 25, 2022, Chang S. Bae wrote:
> On 8/25/2022 9:19 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> >
> > Adding new uAPI and new exports to eliminate one line of userspace code is not a
> > good tradeoff. Am I missing something? This really seems like solution looking
> > for a problem.
>
> Well, then that's your call.
>
> Yeah, that simplification is really minor. With this, I would rather think
> KVM wants enforcement before relaying the request to the host. That
> enforcement is unthinkable without supported_xcr0.

My point is that KVM needs supported_xcr0 (or similar behavior) regardless of
whether or not the kernel further restricts feature usage.

> But it looks like userspace is somehow trusted here for KVM.

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