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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Dexuan Cui <decui@microsoft.com>,
	KY Srinivasan <kys@microsoft.com>,
	Haiyang Zhang <haiyangz@microsoft.com>,
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Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Print the encryption features correctly when a paravisor is present
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2023 13:13:30 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5263c580-ccfb-4382-936a-e767eeae5af2@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <SA1PR21MB1335B68B21B1F37ECC6D77F0BFDBA@SA1PR21MB1335.namprd21.prod.outlook.com>

On 10/20/23 13:00, Dexuan Cui wrote:
>> OK, then what good is this patch in the first place?  If you are right,
>> then this would give equivalent information:
>>
>> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -q Intel && echo 'TDX'
>> cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep -q AMD   && echo 'SEV'
>>
>> No kernel patching needed, right?
> Currently arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c: print_mem_encrypt_feature_info()
> prints an incorrect and confusing message 
> "Memory Encryption Features active: AMD SEV".
> when an Intel TDX VM with a paravisor runs on Hyper-V.
> 
> So I think a kernel patch is needed.

How about either removing the message entirely or removing the ": AMD
SEV" part?

  reply	other threads:[~2023-10-20 20:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-10-19  6:20 [PATCH] x86/mm: Print the encryption features correctly when a paravisor is present Dexuan Cui
2023-10-19 15:54 ` Dave Hansen
2023-10-20  6:01   ` Dexuan Cui
2023-10-20 18:39     ` Dave Hansen
2023-10-20 20:00       ` Dexuan Cui
2023-10-20 20:13         ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2023-10-20 20:20           ` Dexuan Cui
2023-10-20 20:21         ` Borislav Petkov

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