On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 11:15:25 +0100 Harald Freudenberger <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 01.02.19 15:35, Cornelia Huck wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:50:57 -0500 > > Tony Krowiak <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 1/31/19 4:55 AM, Cornelia Huck wrote: > >>> On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 12:48:46 -0500 > >>> Tony Krowiak <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Two questions: > >>> - Does the event cover _any_ change to the AP configuration, or can the > >>> periodic scan detect changes that are not signaled? > >> It can detect any change, such as a change to the CRYCB masks. > > Nice. I suppose we can not rely on those messages being generated, > > though, and therefore need to keep the periodic scan... > As you wrote, I am not sure if the ap bus code can rely on this to > cover all changes. For kvm guests I think it is currently not working > as there is no such notification generated at all. So I'd like to > have the periodic scan in place. Yes, and there are bound to be QEMU versions without that support in active use even if this is implemented in the future. But a quicker reaction to changes on real hardware still sounds like a win to me :)
