Re: [PATCH v7 02/20] x86/virt/tdx: Detect TDX during kernel boot

From: Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Date: Mon Nov 21 2022 - 18:58:32 EST




On 11/21/22 1:37 AM, Huang, Kai wrote:
>> Also why is this global variable? At least in this patch, there seems to
>> be no use case.
> Platform_tdx_enabled() uses tdx_keyid_num to determine whether TDX is enabled by
> BIOS.
>
> Also, in the changlog I can add "both initializing the TDX module and creating
> TDX guest will need to use TDX private KeyID".
>
> But I also have a comment saying something similar around ...
>

I am asking about the tdx_keyid_start. It mainly used in detect_tdx(). Maybe you
declared it as global as a preparation for next patches. But it is not explained
in change log.

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer