Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:46:14 -0600 | From | Venu Busireddy <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 01/40] x86/compressed/64: detect/setup SEV/SME features earlier in boot |
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On 2021-12-13 20:17:31 +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Mon, Dec 13, 2021 at 01:09:19PM -0600, Venu Busireddy wrote: > > I made this suggestion while reviewing v7 too, but it appears that it > > fell through the cracks. Most of the code in sev_enable() is duplicated > > from sme_enable(). Wouldn't it be better to put all that common code > > in a different function, and call that function from sme_enable() > > and sev_enable()? > > How about you look where both functions are defined? Which kernel stages?
What I am suggesting should not have anything to do with the boot stage of the kernel.
For example, both these functions call native_cpuid(), which is declared as an inline function. I am merely suggesting to do something similar to avoid the code duplication.
Venu
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