Re: [PATCH v6 6/6] drivers/node: Show in sysfs node's crypto capabilities

[Martin Fernandez]

On 2/4/22, Limonciello, Mario <mario.limonciello@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2/3/2022 10:43, Martin Fernandez wrote:
>> +static ssize_t crypto_capable_show(struct device *dev,
>> +				   struct device_attribute *attr, char *buf)
>> +{
>> +	struct pglist_data *pgdat = NODE_DATA(dev->id);
>> +
>> +	return sysfs_emit(buf, "%d\n", pgdat->crypto_capable);
>
> As there is interest in seeing these capabilities from userspace, it
> seems like a logical time to also expose a `crypto_active` attribute.

I planned to do something similar to this, but to show (or actually
hide if inactive) tme in cpuinfo, just as Borislav Petkov suggested a
few versions back.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-efi/YXrnkxgdjWbcPlJA@xxxxxxx/

> Then userspace can make a judgement call if the system supports crypto
> memory (`crypto_capable`) and then also whether or not it's been turned
> on (`crypto_active`).
>
> `crypto_active` could be detected with some existing support in the
> kernel of `mem_encrypt_active()`.  This will then work for a variety of
> architectures too that offer `mem_encrypt_active()`.

I need a hand with this, I grepped for mem_encrypt_active and nothing
showed up...

> As it stands today the only reliable way to tell from userspace (at
> least for AMD's x86 implementation) is by grepping the system log for
> the line "AMD Memory Encryption Features active".

Isn't enough to grep for sme/sev in cpuinfo?