Re: [RFC PATCH v2 01/32] x86: Add the Secure Encrypted Virtualization CPU feature

[Borislav Petkov]

On Fri, Mar 03, 2017 at 03:01:23PM -0600, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> +merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_K8_SYSCFG), then Linux can
> activate
> +memory encryption by default (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y)
> or
> +by supplying mem_encrypt=on on the kernel command line.  However, if BIOS
> does
> +not enable SME, then Linux will not be able to activate memory encryption,
> even
> +if configured to do so by default or the mem_encrypt=on command line
> parameter
> +is specified.

This looks like a wraparound...

$ test-apply.sh /tmp/brijesh.singh.delta
checking file Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
Hunk #1 succeeded at 2144 (offset -9 lines).
checking file Documentation/x86/amd-memory-encryption.txt
patch: **** malformed patch at line 23: DRAM from physical

Yap.

Looks like exchange or your mail client decided to do some patch editing
on its own.

Please send it to yourself first and try applying.

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