linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 02/16] x86/virt/tdx: Detect TDX during kernel boot

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Message-ID: <426c6483-d10a-27f4-abc1-55de1f3b1356@intel.com>
Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2023 09:09:48 -0800
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, peterz@...radead.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
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        rafael.j.wysocki@...el.com, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
        ying.huang@...el.com, reinette.chatre@...el.com,
        len.brown@...el.com, tony.luck@...el.com, ak@...ux.intel.com,
        isaku.yamahata@...el.com, chao.gao@...el.com,
        sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com, bagasdotme@...il.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 02/16] x86/virt/tdx: Detect TDX during kernel boot

On 12/8/22 22:52, Kai Huang wrote:
> +++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#ifndef _X86_VIRT_TDX_H
> +#define _X86_VIRT_TDX_H
> +
> +/*
> + * This file contains both macros and data structures defined by the TDX
> + * architecture and Linux defined software data structures and functions.
> + * The two should not be mixed together for better readability.  The
> + * architectural definitions come first.
> + */
> +
> +/* MSR to report KeyID partitioning between MKTME and TDX */
> +#define MSR_IA32_MKTME_KEYID_PARTITIONING	0x00000087

The *VAST* majority of MSR definitions are in msr-index.h.

Why is this one different from the norm?