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SubjectRe: [PATCH 01/11] KVM: x86: Introduce vm_type to differentiate normal VMs from confidential VMs
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On 11/13/2021 12:47 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> 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
>

Apparently I missed this. I'll use KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM in next submission
if no better option appears.

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