linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/sev: Make SEV

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Message-ID: <20250305115314.GFZ8g7KlmTa-eApiwK@fat_crate.local>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 12:53:14 +0100
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Jürgen Groß <jgross@...e.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
	x86@...nel.org, hpa@...or.com,
	Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
	Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Larry.Dewey@....com, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/sev: Make SEV_STATUS available via SYSFS

On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 12:48:11PM +0100, Jürgen Groß wrote:
> And?
> 
> Under Xen there is e.g. /sys/hypervisor/guest_type which shows in which
> mode the guest is running ("PV" or "HVM").

And looking for guest features in /sys/hypervisor - especially for
confidential guests which do not trust the hypervisor - is ironic and wrong to
say the least. :)

/sys/guest

or 

sys/guest/coco

Now that's more like it.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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