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

[Tom Lendacky]

On 10/2/2017 8:51 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> 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?

Hmmm... strange, I haven't received that email or that part of the thread
for that matter - including Brijesh's reply.  I'll talk with Brijesh and
let him run with it.

Thanks,
Tom

>