linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] crypto: ccp: Add SNP firmware hotload support

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Message-ID: <CAAH4kHbqE4X4zDFNLdY_xRhVCCWa_qaH_X2cyY4WbQfj-OkJGw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 13:27:30 -0800
From: Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, 
	John Allen <john.allen@....com>, Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>, 
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@....com>, 
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, 
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, 
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>, 
	Luis Chamberlain <mcgrof@...nel.org>, Russ Weight <russ.weight@...ux.dev>, 
	Danilo Krummrich <dakr@...hat.com>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>, 
	"Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@...nel.org>, Tianfei zhang <tianfei.zhang@...el.com>, 
	Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@....com>, linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 3/4] crypto: ccp: Add SNP firmware hotload support

On Mon, Nov 4, 2024 at 12:45 PM Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com> wrote:
>
>
> That would be best as a separate patch series. But doesn't the
> SEV_PLATFORM_STATUS or SNP_PLATFORM_STATUS ioctl() give you all the
> information you need?

It does, it's just that sysfs is the preferred method of getting this
kind of information. If it's seen as duplicative for the upstream
kernel, then I can drop it.

-- 
-Dionna Glaze, PhD, CISSP, CCSP (she/her)