linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 02/30] x86/tdx: Detect running as a TDX guest in early boot

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Date:   Thu, 24 Feb 2022 08:16:08 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, bp@...en8.de,
        luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org
Cc:     sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com, aarcange@...hat.com,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com, david@...hat.com,
        hpa@...or.com, jgross@...e.com, jmattson@...gle.com,
        joro@...tes.org, jpoimboe@...hat.com, knsathya@...nel.org,
        pbonzini@...hat.com, sdeep@...are.com, seanjc@...gle.com,
        tony.luck@...el.com, vkuznets@...hat.com, wanpengli@...cent.com,
        thomas.lendacky@....com, brijesh.singh@....com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 02/30] x86/tdx: Detect running as a TDX guest in early
 boot

On 2/24/22 07:56, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> From: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> In preparation of extending cc_platform_has() API to support TDX guest,
> use CPUID instruction to detect support for TDX guests in the early
> boot code (via tdx_early_init()). Since copy_bootdata() is the first
> user of cc_platform_has() API, detect the TDX guest status before it.
> 
> Define a synthetic feature flag (X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST) and set this
> bit in a valid TDX guest platform.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

I'm glad this *finally* converged on an X86_FEATURE flag alone.  Thanks
for fixing up the text:

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>