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SubjectRe: [RFC] KVM: x86: Support KVM VMs sharing SEV context
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On 16/03/21 18:52, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> I don't
>> know that holding the fd instead of the kvm makes that much better though,
>> are there advantages to that I'm not seeing?
> If there's no kvm pointer, it's much more difficult for someone to do the wrong
> thing, and any such shenanigans stick out like a sore thumb in patches, which
> makes reviewing future changes easier.

On the other hand holding the fd open complicates the code, reference
counting rules are already hard enough.

I think we only need a replacement for "mirror", what about "dependent"?
"is_dependent_enc_context" seems clear enough.

Paolo

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