Re: [PATCH v2 1/9] x86/boot: Move boot_*msr helpers to asm/shared/msr.h

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue Feb 27 2024 - 14:46:31 EST


On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 09:32:36PM +0000, John Allen wrote:
> The boot_rdmsr and boot_wrmsr helpers used to reduce the need for inline
> assembly in the boot kernel can also be useful in code shared by boot
> and run-time kernel code. Move these helpers to asm/shared/msr.h and
> rename to raw_rdmsr and raw_wrmsr to indicate that these may also be
> used outside of the boot kernel.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Allen <john.allen@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2:
> - New in v2
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c | 10 +++++-----
> arch/x86/boot/cpucheck.c | 16 ++++++++--------
> arch/x86/boot/msr.h | 26 --------------------------
> arch/x86/include/asm/shared/msr.h | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)
> delete mode 100644 arch/x86/boot/msr.h

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@xxxxxxxxx>

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