linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 04/14] x86/cpufeatures: Assign dedicated feature word for AMD mem encryption

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Date:   Thu, 28 Jan 2021 16:09:53 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 04/14] x86/cpufeatures: Assign dedicated feature word
 for AMD mem encryption

On 14/01/21 18:16, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 09:09:28AM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> Hmm, patch 05/14 depends on the existence of the new word.  That's a non-issue
>> if you're planning on taking this for 5.11.  If it's destined for 5.12, maybe
>> get an ack from Paolo on patch 05 and take both through tip?
> 
> Yeah, I guess that. Both are not urgent 5.11 material to take 'em now.
> So I guess I'll wait for Paolo's ACK.

If you think this patch is valuable go ahead and pick it.  I can wait 
until after the merge window to queue patch 5.  It is independent from 
the others and I had questions, so I am just queuing the others for 5.12.

Paolo

>> I can drop them from this series when I send v3. In hindsight, I
>> should have split these two patches into a separate mini-series from
>> the get-go.
> 
> Nah, no worries. We do patch acrobatics on a daily basis. :-)