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    SubjectRe: [PATCH v1 11/26] x86/sev: Invalidate pages from the direct map when adding them to the RMP table
    On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 12:00:01PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
    > On 12/30/23 08:19, Michael Roth wrote:
    > > If the kernel uses a 2MB directmap mapping to write to an address, and
    > > that 2MB range happens to contain a 4KB page that set to private in the
    > > RMP table, that will also lead to a page-fault exception.
    >
    > I thought we agreed long ago to just demote the whole direct map to 4k
    > on kernels that might need to act as SEV-SNP hosts. That should be step
    > one and this can be discussed as an optimization later.

    What would be the disadvantage here? Higher TLB pressure when running
    kernel code I guess...

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