linux-kernel - Re: [RFC Part1 PATCH v3 13/17] x86/io: Unroll string I/O when SEV is active

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Message-ID: <100e9186-c28e-1caa-4bd5-1a2624cc5c01@amd.com>
Date:   Fri, 15 Sep 2017 11:27:48 -0500
From:   Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
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Subject: Re: [RFC Part1 PATCH v3 13/17] x86/io: Unroll string I/O when SEV is
 active



On 09/15/2017 11:22 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> mem_encrypt_init() where everything should be set up already.


Yep, its safe to derefs the static key in mem_encrypt_init(). I've
tried the approach and it seems to be work fine. I will include the
required changes in next rev. thanks