Re: [PATCH v9 09/19] x86: Secure Launch kernel late boot stub

From: ross . philipson
Date: Tue Jun 04 2024 - 17:17:06 EST


On 6/4/24 12:58 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
On Fri May 31, 2024 at 4:03 AM EEST, Ross Philipson wrote:
The routine slaunch_setup is called out of the x86 specific setup_arch()
routine during early kernel boot. After determining what platform is
present, various operations specific to that platform occur. This
includes finalizing setting for the platform late launch and verifying
that memory protections are in place.

"memory protections" is not too helpful tbh.

Better to describe very briefly the VT-d usage.

We can enhance the commit message and talk about VT-d usage and what PMRs are and do.

Thanks


BR, Jarkko