linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/11] x86/sev: Add an x86 version of prot_guest

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Date:   Wed, 28 Jul 2021 14:22:59 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-s390@...r.kernel.org,
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        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tianyu Lan <Tianyu.Lan@...rosoft.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/11] x86/sev: Add an x86 version of prot_guest_has()

On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 05:26:05PM -0500, Tom Lendacky via iommu wrote:
> Introduce an x86 version of the prot_guest_has() function. This will be
> used in the more generic x86 code to replace vendor specific calls like
> sev_active(), etc.
> 
> While the name suggests this is intended mainly for guests, it will
> also be used for host memory encryption checks in place of sme_active().
> 
> The amd_prot_guest_has() function does not use EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL for the
> same reasons previously stated when changing sme_active(), sev_active and

None of that applies here as none of the callers get pulled into
random macros.  The only case of that is sme_me_mask through
sme_mask, but that's not something this series replaces as far as I can
tell.