Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Jul 2022 16:34:04 +0200 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v9 9/9] drivers/node: Show in sysfs node's crypto capabilities |
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On Mon, Jul 04, 2022 at 10:58:33AM -0300, Martin Fernandez wrote: > Show in each node in sysfs if its memory is able to do be encrypted by > the CPU; on EFI systems: if all its memory is marked with > EFI_MEMORY_CPU_CRYPTO in the EFI memory map. > > Signed-off-by: Martin Fernandez <martin.fernandez@eclypsium.com> > --- > Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-node | 10 ++++++++++ > drivers/base/node.c | 10 ++++++++++ > 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-node > > diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-node b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-node > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..0e95420bd7c5 > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-node > @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ > +What: /sys/devices/system/node/nodeX/crypto_capable > +Date: April 2022 > +Contact: Martin Fernandez <martin.fernandez@eclypsium.com> > +Users: fwupd (https://fwupd.org) > +Description: > + This value is 1 if all system memory in this node is > + capable of being protected with the CPU's memory > + cryptographic capabilities. It is 0 otherwise. > + On EFI systems the node will be marked with > + EFI_MEMORY_CPU_CRYPTO.
Where will such a node be "marked"? I do not understand this last sentence, sorry, can you please reword this?
And why is EFI an issue here at all?
thanks,
greg k-h
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