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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/11] KVM: x86: Introduce vm_type to differentiate normal VMs from confidential VMs
    On Fri, Nov 12, 2021, Xiaoyao Li wrote:
    > From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
    >
    > Unlike normal VMs, confidential VMs (Intel TDX and AMD SEV-ES) don't
    > allow some operations (e.g., memory read/write, register state acces, etc).
    >
    > Introduce vm_type to track the type of the VM. Further, different policy
    > can be made based on vm_type.
    >
    > Define KVM_X86_NORMAL_VM for normal VM as default and define
    > KVM_X86_TDX_VM for Intel TDX VM.

    I still don't like the "normal" terminology, I would much prefer we use "auto"
    or "default".

    https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YQsjQ5aJokV1HZ8N@google.com

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