Re: [PATCH] x86/CPU/AMD, mm: Extend with mem_encrypt=sme option

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2017 at 08:44:21AM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> I think we're talking about the same thing.  You want sev_enabled to
> indicate whether you can launch an SEV guest.  We would still need an
> sev_active variable to distinguish between SME and SEV during kernel
> execution when the sme_me_mask is non-zero.  Currently, the SEV feature
> bit acts as "sev_enabled" and the sev_enabled variable acts as
> "sev_active" in this scenario.

See my last email about sev_host_enabled. Does that sound better?

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