linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] x86/tdx: Add TDX Guest attestation interface driver

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Date:   Wed, 10 Aug 2022 21:09:16 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To:     Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
        Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>,
        Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...il.com>,
        marcelo.cerri@...onical.com, tim.gardner@...onical.com,
        khalid.elmously@...onical.com, philip.cox@...onical.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 1/6] x86/tdx: Add TDX Guest attestation interface
 driver

On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 08:44:15PM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> In TDX guest, attestation is used to verify the trustworthiness of a TD
> to other entities before provisioning secrets to the TD.

What is the difference between a TDX guest and a TD?

I'm being told they're one and the same thing. If so, please rewrite
this commit message into something actually readable because right now
it is real hard to parse what this says.

And pls avoid the Intel marketing bla - that's a write-only text and not
meant for humans.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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