linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 07/32] x86/mm: Add support to enable SME in early boot processing

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Message-ID: <20170421145555.v3xeaijv3vjclsos@pd.tnic>
Date:   Fri, 21 Apr 2017 16:55:55 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
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        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 07/32] x86/mm: Add support to enable SME in early boot
 processing

On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 04:17:35PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> Add support to the early boot code to use Secure Memory Encryption (SME).
> Since the kernel has been loaded into memory in a decrypted state, support
> is added to encrypt the kernel in place and update the early pagetables

s/support is added to //

> with the memory encryption mask so that new pagetable entries will use
> memory encryption.
> 

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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