Re: [PATCH v9 05/43] x86/compressed/64: Detect/setup SEV/SME features earlier in boot

[Michael Roth]

On Wed, Feb 02, 2022 at 07:09:24AM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 06:52:12PM -0600, Michael Roth wrote:
> > Since the kernel proper rdmsr()/wrmsr() definitions are getting pulled in via
> > misc.h, I have to use a different name to avoid compiler errors. For now I've
> > gone with rd_msr()/wr_msr(), but no problem changing those if needed.
> 
> Does that fix it too?
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
> index 16ed360b6692..346c46d072c8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
> @@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
>  
>  #include <linux/linkage.h>
>  #include <linux/screen_info.h>
> -#include <linux/elf.h>
>  #include <linux/io.h>
>  #include <asm/page.h>
>  #include <asm/boot.h>
> ---
> 
> This is exactly what I mean with a multi-year effort of untangling what
> has been mindlessly mixed in over the years...

Indeed... it looks like linux/{elf,io,efi,acpi}.h all end up pulling in
kernel proper's rdmsr()/wrmsr() definitions, and pulling them out ends up
breaking a bunch of other stuff, so I think we might be stuck using a
different name like rd_msr()/wr_msr() in the meantime.