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SubjectRe: [RFC v2-fix-v2 1/1] x86: Introduce generic protected guest abstractionn
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On 6/4/21 3:01 PM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>> */
>> - if (sme_active())
>> + if (protected_guest_has(VM_HOST_MEM_ENCRYPT))
>> swiotlb = 1;
> I still feel this is confusing. SME is a host/bare-metal technology, so
> calling protected_guest_has() seems odd and using VM_HOST_MEM_ENCRYPT,
> where I assume VM is short for virtual machine, also seems odd.
>
> How about just protected_os_has()? Then you could have
> - HOST_MEM_ENCRYPT for host memory encryption
> - GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT for guest memory encryption
> - MEM_ENCRYPT for either host or guest memory encryption.
>
> The first is analogous to sme_active(), the second to sev_active() and the
> third to mem_encrypt_active(). Just my opinion, though...
>

I am not sure whether OS makes sense here. But I am fine with it if
it is maintainers choice.

Other option could be protected_boot_has()?

--
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer

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