linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/intel: Clear SGX bit if both SGX driver and KVM SGX are not enabled

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Date:   Fri, 9 Sep 2022 05:11:09 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, seanjc@...gle.com, jarkko@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/intel: Clear SGX bit if both SGX driver and KVM SGX
 are not enabled

On 9/9/22 01:08, Kai Huang wrote:
> Currently on platform which has SGX enabled, if CONFIG_X86_SGX is not
> enabled, the X86_FEATURE_SGX is not cleared, resulting in /proc/cpuinfo
> shows "sgx" feature.  This is not desired.

Why is it not desired?