linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v12 29/46] x86/boot: Add Confidential Computing type to setup

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Date:   Thu, 7 Apr 2022 09:57:22 -0500
From:   Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, linux-mm@...ck.org
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        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sergio Lopez <slp@...hat.com>, Peter Gonda <pgonda@...gle.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
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        Dov Murik <dovmurik@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Tobin Feldman-Fitzthum <tobin@....com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Dr . David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>,
        brijesh.ksingh@...il.com, tony.luck@...el.com, marcorr@...gle.com,
        sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v12 29/46] x86/boot: Add Confidential Computing type to
 setup_data



On 4/6/22 16:19, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 07 2022 at 15:33, Brijesh Singh wrote:
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * AMD SEV Confidential computing blob structure. The structure is
>> + * defined in OVMF UEFI firmware header:
>> + * https://github.com/tianocore/edk2/blob/master/OvmfPkg/Include/Guid/ConfidentialComputingSevSnpBlob.h
>> + */
>> +#define CC_BLOB_SEV_HDR_MAGIC	0x45444d41
>> +struct cc_blob_sev_info {
>> +	u32 magic;
>> +	u16 version;
>> +	u16 reserved;
>> +	u64 secrets_phys;
>> +	u32 secrets_len;
>> +	u32 rsvd1;
>> +	u64 cpuid_phys;
>> +	u32 cpuid_len;
>> +	u32 rsvd2;
>> +};
> 
> Shouldn't this be packed?
> 

Yep, to avoid any additional compiler alignment we should pack it.

thanks