[PATCH v4 0/8] Implement generic cc_platform_has() helper function

Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy at linux.intel.com
Tue Sep 28 14:01:57 PDT 2021



On 9/28/21 1:58 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 28, 2021 at 01:48:46PM -0700, Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan wrote:
>> Just read it. If you want to use cpuid_has_tdx_guest() directly in
>> cc_platform_has(), then you want to rename intel_cc_platform_has() to
>> tdx_cc_platform_has()?
> 
> Why?
> 
> You simply do:
> 
> 	if (cpuid_has_tdx_guest())
> 		intel_cc_platform_has(...);
> 
> and lemme paste from that mail: " ...you should use
> cpuid_has_tdx_guest() instead but cache its result so that you don't
> call CPUID each time the kernel executes cc_platform_has()."
> 
> Makes sense?

Yes. But, since the check is related to TDX, I just want to confirm whether
you are fine with naming the function as intel_*().

Since this patch is going to have dependency on TDX code, I will include
this patch in TDX patch set.

> 

-- 
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer



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