linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Check cc_vendor when printing memory encryption info

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Date:   Fri, 10 Nov 2023 21:57:16 +0300
From:   kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com
To:     Jeremi Piotrowski <jpiotrowski@...ux.microsoft.com>
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Michael Kelley <mhklinux@...look.com>,
        Dexuan Cui <decui@...rosoft.com>, linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org,
        stefan.bader@...onical.com, tim.gardner@...onical.com,
        roxana.nicolescu@...onical.com, cascardo@...onical.com,
        kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, wei.liu@...nel.org,
        sashal@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Check cc_vendor when printing memory encryption
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On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 02:42:31PM +0100, Jeremi Piotrowski wrote:
> On 10/11/2023 13:46, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 01:27:08PM +0100, Jeremi Piotrowski wrote:
> >>> Maybe just remove incorrect info and that's it?
> >>>
> >>
> >> I disagree, other users and I find the print very useful to see which coco
> >> platform the kernel is running on and which confidential computing features
> >> the kernel detected. I'm willing to fix the code to report correct info.
> > 
> > For TDX, we already have "tdx: Guest detected" in dmesg. sme_early_init()
> > can do something similar.
> > 
> 
> That doesn't cover TDX guests with TD partitioning on Hyper-V.

I am sure Hyper-V can report what mode it runs.

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov