linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 09/13] configfs-tsm: Allow the privlevel

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Message-ID: <666cac711f1e1_c79a32949c@dwillia2-mobl3.amr.corp.intel.com.notmuch>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 13:47:45 -0700
From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	<x86@...nel.org>, <linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev>, <svsm-devel@...onut-svsm.dev>
CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, "Peter
 Zijlstra" <peterz@...radead.org>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>, Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 09/13] configfs-tsm: Allow the privlevel_floor
 attribute to be updated

Tom Lendacky wrote:
> With the introduction of an SVSM, Linux will be running at a non-zero
> VMPL. Any request for an attestation report at a higher privilege VMPL
> than what Linux is currently running will result in an error. Allow for
> the privlevel_floor attribute to be updated dynamically so that the
> attribute may be set dynamically. Set the privlevel_floor attribute to
> be the value of the vmpck_id being used.

Makes sense,

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>