linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Part1 PATCH v3 04/17] x86/mm: Don't attempt to encrypt initrd under SEV

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Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2017 16:44:50 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC Part1 PATCH v3 04/17] x86/mm: Don't attempt to encrypt
 initrd under SEV

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 02:07:44PM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
> 
> When SEV is active the initrd/initramfs will already have already been
> placed in memory encyrpted so do not try to encrypt it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kernel/setup.c | 6 ++++--
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> index 0bfe0c1..01d56a1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -379,9 +379,11 @@ static void __init reserve_initrd(void)
>  	 * If SME is active, this memory will be marked encrypted by the
>  	 * kernel when it is accessed (including relocation). However, the
>  	 * ramdisk image was loaded decrypted by the bootloader, so make
> -	 * sure that it is encrypted before accessing it.
> +	 * sure that it is encrypted before accessing it. For SEV the
> +	 * ramdisk will already be encyrpted, so only do this for SME.
				   ^^^^^^^^^
Please introduce a spellchecker into your patch creation workflow.

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