Re: [PATCH v10 02/11] x86/tdx: Introduce INTEL_TDX_GUEST config option

From: Josh Poimboeuf
Date: Mon Oct 11 2021 - 14:19:58 EST


On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 10:37:38PM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> +config INTEL_TDX_GUEST
> + bool "Intel Trusted Domain Extensions (TDX) Guest Support"
> + depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_INTEL && PARAVIRT
> + depends on SECURITY
> + depends on X86_X2APIC
> + help
> + Provide support for running in a trusted domain on Intel processors
> + equipped with Trusted Domain Extensions. TDX is a Intel technology
> + that extends VMX and Memory Encryption with a new kind of virtual
> + machine guest called Trust Domain (TD). A TD is designed to run in
> + a CPU mode that protects the confidentiality of TD memory contents
> + and the TD’s CPU state from other software, including VMM. TDX guest
> + uses virtual X2APIC for interrupt management.

Why does it depend on SECURITY? It should at least be explained in the
commit message.

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Josh