linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] KVM: SVM: Allocate SEV command structures on local stack

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Message-ID: <20210407173407.GB25732@zn.tnic>
Date:   Wed, 7 Apr 2021 19:34:07 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        John Allen <john.allen@....com>,
        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-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 8/8] KVM: SVM: Allocate SEV command structures on
 local stack

On Wed, Apr 07, 2021 at 05:05:07PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> I used memset() to defer initialization until after the various sanity
> checks,

I'd actually vote for that too - I don't like doing stuff which is not
going to be used. I.e., don't change what you have.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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