linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Part1 RFC v4 03/36] x86/sev: Add support for hypervisor feature VMGEXIT

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 08:39:02 -0500
From:   Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH Part1 RFC v4 03/36] x86/sev: Add support for hypervisor
 feature VMGEXIT



On 8/10/21 6:22 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 
> 	SVM_VMGEXIT_HV_FEATURES
> 

Noted.

>>   
>> +/* Bitmap of SEV features supported by the hypervisor */
>> +u64 sev_hv_features __section(".data..ro_after_init") = 0;
> 
> __ro_after_init

Noted.

> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
>> index 66b7f63ad041..540b81ac54c9 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
>> @@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ struct ghcb_state {
>>   static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct sev_es_runtime_data*, runtime_data);
>>   DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(sev_es_enable_key);
>>   
>> +/* Bitmap of SEV features supported by the hypervisor */
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(sev_hv_features);
> 
> Why is this exported and why not a _GPL export?
> 

I was thinking that some driver may need it in future, but nothing in my 
series needs it yet. I will drop it and we can revisit it later.

-Brijesh