linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/9] KVM: SVM: Don't intercept #GP for SEV guests

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Message-ID: <YemT7p826ZF4OLu7@google.com>
Date:   Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:55:10 +0000
From:   Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To:     Liam Merwick <liam.merwick@...cle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.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-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/9] KVM: SVM: Don't intercept #GP for SEV guests

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022, Liam Merwick wrote:
> On 20/01/2022 01:07, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Never intercept #GP for SEV guests as reading SEV guest private memory
> > will return cyphertext, i.e. emulating on #GP can't work as intended.
> > 
> 
> "ciphertext" seems to be the convention.

Huh, indeed it does seem to be way more common, and cipher is the proper root.
Stupid English, why can't we have encrypt+cypher or encript+cipher?

Thanks!  I'll get these fixed.