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

ross.philipson at oracle.com ross.philipson at oracle.com
Tue Jun 4 14:16:08 PDT 2024


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




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