Re: [PATCH v8 4/5] x86/mm: Add noalias variants of set_memory_*crypted() functions

[Kirill A. Shutemov]

On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 10:10:20AM -0700, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
> >> +static struct shmem_priv intel_shmem = {
> >> +       .init  = intel_shmem_init,
> >> +       .alloc = intel_shmem_alloc,
> >> +       .free  = intel_shmem_free,
> >> +};
> > 
> > Hm. What is Intel-specific here. Looks like a generic thing, no?
> > 
> > Maybe just drop all vendor stuff. CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT should be enough.
> 
> I thought that not all CC vendors would want to use DMA APIs for shared
> buffer allocation. So adding a vendor layer would give them a way to implement
> their own model.

set_memory_decrypted() is gated by CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT and it is the only
requirement for functionality AFAICS.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov