linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v8 15/35] x86/apic: Unionize apic regs for 32bit/64bit access w/o type casting

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Message-ID: <20250712152123.GEaHJ9c16GcM5AGaNq@fat_crate.local>
Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 17:21:23 +0200
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
To: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@....com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v8 15/35] x86/apic: Unionize apic regs for
 32bit/64bit access w/o type casting

On Thu, Jul 10, 2025 at 09:13:11AM +0530, Neeraj Upadhyay wrote:
>     struct secure_apic_page {
> 	u8 *regs[PAGE_SIZE];
>     } __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
> 
> 
> to
> 
>     struct secure_apic_page {

secure_apic_page or secure_aVic_page?

I mean, what is a secure APIC?

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