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SubjectRe: [PATCH v10 02/11] x86/tdx: Introduce INTEL_TDX_GUEST config option
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On 10/11/2021 11:19 AM, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 10:37:38PM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
>> +config INTEL_TDX_GUEST
>> + bool "Intel Trusted Domain Extensions (TDX) Guest Support"
>> + depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_INTEL && PARAVIRT
>> + depends on SECURITY
>> + depends on X86_X2APIC
>> + help
>> + Provide support for running in a trusted domain on Intel processors
>> + equipped with Trusted Domain Extensions. TDX is a Intel technology
>> + that extends VMX and Memory Encryption with a new kind of virtual
>> + machine guest called Trust Domain (TD). A TD is designed to run in
>> + a CPU mode that protects the confidentiality of TD memory contents
>> + and the TD’s CPU state from other software, including VMM. TDX guest
>> + uses virtual X2APIC for interrupt management.
> Why does it depend on SECURITY? It should at least be explained in the
> commit message.

It can be dropped, it was only needed in an earlier version that used a LSM.

-Andi

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