linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86/virt/tdx: Support global metadata read for all element sizes

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Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 18:32:47 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To: "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, "Huang, Kai"
	<kai.huang@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] x86/virt/tdx: Support global metadata read for all
 element sizes

On Fri, 2024-05-03 at 12:26 +0000, Huang, Kai wrote:
> 
> To resolve this once for all, extend the existing metadata reading code
> to provide a generic metadata read infrastructure which supports reading
> all 8/16/32/64 bits element sizes.

I think the key point is that it is actually simpler to support all field types
then only 16 and 64.