Re: [PATCH v2 11/12] KVM: selftests / xen: don't explicitly set the vcpu_info address

[David Woodhouse]

On 18 September 2023 14:41:08 BST, Paul Durrant <xadimgnik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Well, if the VMM is using the default then it can't unmap it. But setting a vcpu_info *after* enabling any event channels would be a very odd thing for a guest to do and IMO it gets to keep the pieces if it does so.


Hm, I suppose I'm OK with that approach. The fact that both VMM implementations using this KVM/Xen support let the guest keep precisely those pieces is a testament to that :)

But now we're hard-coding the behaviour in the kernel and declaring that no VMM will be *able* to "fix" that case even if it does want to. So perhaps it wants a modicum more thought and at least some explicit documentation to that effect?

And a hand-wavy plan at least for what we'd do if we suddenly did find a reason to care?