linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 0/4] x86/tdx: Adjust TD settings on boot

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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:41:13 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To: "kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	"tglx@...utronix.de" <tglx@...utronix.de>, "mingo@...hat.com"
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CC: "sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com"
	<sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>, "hpa@...or.com"
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	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 0/4] x86/tdx: Adjust TD settings on boot

On Wed, 2024-04-10 at 17:37 +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 12:46:03PM +0200, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > Adjust TD setting on boot:
> > 
> >    - Disable EPT violation #VE on private memory if TD can
> >      control it;
> > 
> >    - Enable virtualization of topology-related CPUID leafs
> >      X2APIC_APICID MSR;
> 
> Any feedback?

It is missing a lot of the normal things that come in coverletters like what is
the problem and importance. It might help attract more review.