linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv3 02/32] x86/coco: Add API to handle encryption mask

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Message-ID: <YhTnF4Wpd8/9QjO/@zn.tnic>
Date:   Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:37:27 +0100
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 02/32] x86/coco: Add API to handle encryption mask

On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 02:03:12PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> I would rather make cc_mkenc()/cc_mkdec() to operate on u64 (or
> phys_addr_t?) while pgprot_encrypted()/pgprot_decrypted() cover pgprot_t.
> It also makes set_memory cleaner:
> 
> 	cpa.mask_set = __pgprot(enc ? cc_mkenc(0) : cc_mkdec(0));
> 	cpa.mask_clr = __pgprot(enc ? cc_mkdec(0) : cc_mkenc(0));
> 
> Opinions?

Right, do I see it correctly that the cc_mk{enc,dec}() things should
take a u64 as an argument and return a pgprot_t, and that would be the
most optimal way for all the use cases?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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