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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2022 09:25:45 -0700
From:   Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "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, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 1/3] x86/tdx: Add TDX Guest attestation interface
 driver



On 9/14/22 9:12 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 9/14/22 08:36, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
>> When we initially submitted the attestation patches, virt/coco folder
>> was not created. I initially kept this driver in platform/x86/, but
>> later moved to arch/x86/coco based on the review comments in v4. There
>> was a discussion about the need for a new config and the location of
>> the driver. The outcome of that discussion is, since this is not a
>> traditional driver, but a basic TDX feature, we don't need a special
>> config and the code can be maintained in the arch/x86/coco folder.
> 
> Could you please include the following in this set somewhere:
> 
> "The code to do the SEV analog of this TDX functionality is in
> ___insert_path_here____.   This code is different from that because
> ______reason______ so it is instead placed in ____other_path____."
> 
> ?

Ok. I will include it in the cover letter.

-- 
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer

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