[PATCH v11 00/20] x86: Trenchboot secure dynamic launch Linux kernel support

[Jarkko Sakkinen]

On Fri Nov 1, 2024 at 10:34 PM EET, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 01 2024 at 12:28, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> > On Fri Sep 13, 2024 at 11:04 PM EEST, Ross Philipson wrote:
> >> A quick note on terminology. The larger open source project itself is called
> >> TrenchBoot, which is hosted on Github (links below). The kernel feature enabling
> >> the use of Dynamic Launch technology is referred to as "Secure Launch" within
> >> the kernel code. As such the prefixes sl_/SL_ or slaunch/SLAUNCH will be seen
> >> in the code. The stub code discussed above is referred to as the SL stub.
> >
> > 1. I don't see any tags in most of the patches so don't get the rush. This
> >    includes also patches for x86. Why I would care to review TPM patches
> >    when there is over a dozen unreviewed and untested patches before it?
> > 2. TPM patches have been in circulation in and out of the patch set
> >    for some time now with little or no improvement.
> >
> > Why the sudden buzz? I have not heard much about this since last early
> > summer.  Have to spend some time recalling what this is about anyway. I
> > cannot trust that my tags make any sense before more reviewed/tested-by
> > tags before the TPM patches.
>
> If I intend to merge the patches then I surely have looked at them
> deeply. I don't have to send a reviewed-by just to apply them
> afterwards.
>
> There was enough motion on these patches and this posting is in your
> inbox for 6 weeks now without any reaction from you.
>
> The TPM changes are very much independent from the x86 specific ones, so
> why do you want x86 review tags in order to look at the ones which are
> specific to your subsystem especially as some of them seem to address
> real short comings there independent of trenchboot.

I think we can sort them out independently as long as we find a
conclusion how to address locality change.

>
> Thanks,
>
>         tglx

BR, Jarkko