linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/11] x86: Support Intel Key Locker

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Message-ID: <C011ADB3-3B49-4865-B988-9F682F462F32@intel.com>
Date:   Mon, 6 Dec 2021 21:48:18 +0000
From:   "Bae, Chang Seok" <chang.seok.bae@...el.com>
To:     "Lutomirski, Andy" <luto@...nel.org>
CC:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Shankar, Ravi V" <ravi.v.shankar@...el.com>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 00/11] x86: Support Intel Key Locker

On May 18, 2021, at 10:10, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> wrote:
> On 5/17/21 11:21 AM, Bae, Chang Seok wrote:
>> On May 15, 2021, at 11:01, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I have high-level questions:
>>> 
>>> What is the expected use case?
>> 
>> The wrapping key here is only used for new AES instructions.
>> 
>> I’m aware of their potential use cases for encrypting file system or disks.
> 
> I would like to understand what people are actually going to do with
> this.  Give me a user story or two, please.  If it turns out to be
> useless, I would rather not merge it.

Hi Andy,

V3 was posted here with both cover letter and code changes to address this:
    https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20211124200700.15888-1-chang.seok.bae@intel.com/

Appreciate, if you can comment on the use case at least.

Thanks,
Chang