linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 10/18] x86/efi: Access EFI related tables in the clear

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Message-ID: <20160510135758.GA16783@pd.tnic>
Date:	Tue, 10 May 2016 15:57:58 +0200
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:	Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>
Cc:	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
	Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
	Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 10/18] x86/efi: Access EFI related tables in the
 clear

On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 02:43:58PM +0100, Matt Fleming wrote:
> Is it not possible to maintain some kind of kernel virtual address
> mapping so memremap*() and friends can figure out when to twiddle the
> mapping attributes and map with/without encryption?

I guess we can move the sme_* specific stuff one indirection layer
below, i.e., in the *memremap() routines so that callers don't have to
care... That should keep the churn down...

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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