Re: [RFT PATCH v2 05/23] x86/sev: Move instruction decoder into separate source file

Borislav Petkov
2025-05-07T09:58:17Z

On Sun, May 04, 2025 at 11:52:35AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
>
> As a first step towards disentangling the SEV #VC handling code -which
> is shared between the decompressor and the core kernel- from the SEV
> startup code, move the decompressor's copy of the instruction decoder
> into a separate source file.

Why?

I'm still unclear why that happens.

I'd like to read some blurb in those commit messages which explains the big
picture: the insn decoder bits are going to be in the bla mapping because...
, and because... and this is wonderful because ...

Thx.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.