linux-kernel - Re: Linux guest kernel threat model for Confidential Computing

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Date:   Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:45:48 -0500
From:   "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>
To:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>,
        "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@...el.com>,
        "Shishkin, Alexander" <alexander.shishkin@...el.com>,
        "Shutemov, Kirill" <kirill.shutemov@...el.com>,
        "Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan" <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...el.com>,
        "Kleen, Andi" <andi.kleen@...el.com>,
        "Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Wunner, Lukas" <lukas.wunner@...el.com>,
        Mika Westerberg <mika.westerberg@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jason Wang <jasowang@...hat.com>,
        "Poimboe, Josh" <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
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        Cfir Cohen <cfir@...gle.com>, Marc Orr <marcorr@...gle.com>,
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        "keescook@...omium.org" <keescook@...omium.org>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        Michael Kelley <mikelley@...rosoft.com>,
        "Lange, Jon" <jlange@...rosoft.com>,
        "linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev" <linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Linux guest kernel threat model for Confidential Computing

On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 04:16:02PM +0100, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> Everyone wants a subset, different from other's subset, which means you
> need them all.  Sorry.

Well if there's a very popular system (virtual in this case) that needs
a specific config to work well, then I guess
arch/x86/configs/ccguest.config or whatever might be acceptable, no?
Lots of precedent here.

-- 
MST