Re: [PATCH Part1 v5 33/38] x86/sev: Provide support for SNP guest request NAEs

Brijesh Singh
2021-08-27T18:27:27Z

On 8/27/21 1:13 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 27, 2021 at 01:07:59PM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
>> Okay, works for me. The main reason why I choose the enum was to not
>> expose the GHCB exit code to the driver
> Why does that matter?

Those definitions are present in <asm/xxx>. Somewhere I read said that
if possible a new drivers should avoid including the <asm/xxx>. This is
one of the motivation to create a new file to provide the selective
information.

> Lemme ask my question again:
>
> Is SNP available on something which is !x86, all of a sudden?

Nope

>
> Why would you want to compile that driver on anything but x86?
>
Nobody should compile it for !x86. If my read about including <asm/xx>
in driver is wrong then I do not see any need for creating new header
file. I can drop the header file inclusion in next update.

thanks