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From: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@kernel.org>
To: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
Cc: "Stefano Stabellini" <sstabellini@kernel.org>,
	"Sergiy Kibrik" <Sergiy_Kibrik@epam.com>,
	xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org,
	"Andrew Cooper" <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>,
	"Roger Pau Monné" <roger.pau@citrix.com>,
	"Xenia Ragiadakou" <xenia.ragiadakou@amd.com>
Subject: Re: [XEN PATCH v2 14/15] iommu/vt-d: guard vmx_pi_hooks_* calls with cpu_has_vmx
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 16:41:41 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.22.394.2405161640350.2544314@ubuntu-linux-20-04-desktop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3104deae-0d27-438e-83ea-035a7786fd4a@suse.com>

On Thu, 16 May 2024, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 16.05.2024 02:54, Stefano Stabellini wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 May 2024, Sergiy Kibrik wrote:
> >> VMX posted interrupts support can now be excluded from x86 build along with
> >> VMX code itself, but still we may want to keep the possibility to use
> >> VT-d IOMMU driver in non-HVM setups.
> >> So we guard vmx_pi_hooks_{assign/deassign} with some checks for such a case.
> >>
> >> No functional change intended here.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Sergiy Kibrik <Sergiy_Kibrik@epam.com>
> > 
> > I know that Andrew was keep on having a separate Kconfig option for
> > VT-D, separate from VMX. But still, couldn't we make the VT-D Kconfig
> > option depending on CONFIG_VMX?
> > 
> > To me, VT-D should require VMX, without VMX it should not be possible to
> > enable VT-D.
> > 
> > This comment goes in the same direction of my previous comment regarding
> > the vpmu: we are trying to make things more configurable and flexible
> > and that's good, but we don't necessary need to make all possible
> > combination work. VT-D without VMX is another one of those combination
> > that I would only enable after a customer asks.
> 
> Well. Imo again the configuration should be permitted.

FYI Andrew said the same thing as you on Matrix, so I withdraw my
suggestion.


  reply	other threads:[~2024-05-16 23:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 60+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-05-15  8:57 [XEN PATCH v2 00/15] x86: make cpu virtualization support configurable Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-15  8:59 ` [XEN PATCH v2 01/15] x86: introduce AMD-V and Intel VT-x Kconfig options Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16 10:09   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:01 ` [XEN PATCH v2 02/15] x86/monitor: guard altp2m usage Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:29   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16 10:20   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:03 ` [XEN PATCH v2 03/15] x86/p2m: guard altp2m routines Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:31   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16 10:26   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:06 ` [XEN PATCH v2 04/15] x86/p2m: move altp2m-related code to separate file Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:35   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16 11:46     ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-16 10:37   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:08 ` [XEN PATCH v2 05/15] x86: introduce CONFIG_ALTP2M Kconfig option Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:33   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16 10:41   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-18  1:07   ` Tamas K Lengyel
2024-05-15  9:10 ` [XEN PATCH v2 06/15] x86/p2m: guard altp2m code with CONFIG_ALTP2M option Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:38   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16 10:55     ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-16 11:01   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-23 10:44     ` Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-23 14:43       ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:12 ` [XEN PATCH v2 07/15] x86: guard cpu_has_{svm/vmx} macros with CONFIG_{SVM/VMX} Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:38   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16 11:12   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-23 13:07     ` Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-23 14:50       ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-23 23:36         ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-24  6:49           ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-27 10:27         ` Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-27 10:49           ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:14 ` [XEN PATCH v2 08/15] x86/vpmu: guard vmx/svm calls with cpu_has_{vmx,svm} Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:44   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16  7:25     ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-16 11:23   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:16 ` [XEN PATCH v2 09/15] x86/traps: clean up superfluous #idef-s Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:45   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-15  9:18 ` [XEN PATCH v2 10/15] x86/domain: " Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:46   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-15  9:20 ` [XEN PATCH v2 11/15] x86/oprofile: guard svm specific symbols with CONFIG_SVM Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-15  9:22 ` [XEN PATCH v2 12/15] x86/vmx: guard access to cpu_has_vmx_* in common code Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:50   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16  7:32     ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-29 10:58       ` Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-29 12:16         ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:24 ` [XEN PATCH v2 13/15] x86/ioreq: guard VIO_realmode_completion with CONFIG_VMX Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:51   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16 12:11   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-31  8:05     ` Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-31  8:31       ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-31  8:06     ` [XEN PATCH RFC] ioreq: make arch_vcpu_ioreq_completion() an optional callback Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-15  9:26 ` [XEN PATCH v2 14/15] iommu/vt-d: guard vmx_pi_hooks_* calls with cpu_has_vmx Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:54   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16  7:37     ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-16 23:41       ` Stefano Stabellini [this message]
2024-05-16 12:15   ` Jan Beulich
2024-05-15  9:28 ` [XEN PATCH v2 15/15] x86/hvm: make AMD-V and Intel VT-x support configurable Sergiy Kibrik
2024-05-16  0:54   ` Stefano Stabellini
2024-05-16 12:17     ` Jan Beulich

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