linux-kernel - Re: [RFC v1 03/26] x86/cpufeatures: Add is_tdx

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Date:   Thu, 1 Apr 2021 14:19:03 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     "Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan" 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kirill Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <knsathya@...nel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Raj Ashok <ashok.raj@...el.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC v1 03/26] x86/cpufeatures: Add is_tdx_guest() interface

On 4/1/21 2:15 PM, Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> On 4/1/21 2:08 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> On 2/5/21 3:38 PM, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
>>> +bool is_tdx_guest(void)
>>> +{
>>> +    return static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST);
>>> +}
>>
>> Why do you need is_tdx_guest() as opposed to calling
>> cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST) everywhere?
> 
> is_tdx_guest() is also implemented/used in compressed
> code (which uses native_cpuid calls). I don't think
> we can use cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST) in
> compressed code right? Also is_tdx_guest() looks easy
> to read and use.

OK, but how many of the is_tdx_guest() uses are in the compressed code?
 Why has its use spread beyond that?