[PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory

Jan Beulich posted 1 patch 2 years, 4 months ago
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[PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory
Posted by Jan Beulich 2 years, 4 months ago
Sufficient and in particular regular testing on very large hosts cannot
currently be guaranteed. Anyone wanting us to support larger hosts is
free to propose so, but will need to supply not only test results, but
also a test plan.

This is a follow-up to XSA-385.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

--- unstable.orig/SUPPORT.md	2021-06-25 11:19:03.000000000 +0200
+++ unstable/SUPPORT.md	2021-09-10 11:15:52.270364645 +0200
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ For the Cortex A57 r0p0 - r1p1, see Erra
 
     Status, x86: Supported
 
+### Physical Memory
+
+    Status: Supported up to 8 TiB
+
+Hosts with more memory are supported, but not security supported.
+
 ### Physical Memory Hotplug
 
     Status, x86: Supported


Re: [PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory
Posted by Andrew Cooper 2 years, 4 months ago
On 30/11/2021 16:14, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Sufficient and in particular regular testing on very large hosts cannot
> currently be guaranteed. Anyone wanting us to support larger hosts is
> free to propose so, but will need to supply not only test results, but
> also a test plan.
>
> This is a follow-up to XSA-385.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Acked-by: Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@citrix.com>

Re: [PATCH RFC] SUPPORT.md: limit security support for hosts with very much memory
Posted by Julien Grall 2 years, 4 months ago
Hi,

On 30/11/2021 16:14, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Sufficient and in particular regular testing on very large hosts cannot
> currently be guaranteed. Anyone wanting us to support larger hosts is
> free to propose so, but will need to supply not only test results, but
> also a test plan.
> 
> This is a follow-up to XSA-385.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Acked-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@amazon.com>

Cheers,

> 
> --- unstable.orig/SUPPORT.md	2021-06-25 11:19:03.000000000 +0200
> +++ unstable/SUPPORT.md	2021-09-10 11:15:52.270364645 +0200
> @@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ For the Cortex A57 r0p0 - r1p1, see Erra
>   
>       Status, x86: Supported
>   
> +### Physical Memory
> +
> +    Status: Supported up to 8 TiB
> +
> +Hosts with more memory are supported, but not security supported.
> +
>   ### Physical Memory Hotplug
>   
>       Status, x86: Supported
> 

-- 
Julien Grall