# Re: \[PATCH v3 5/8\] x86/sme: Replace occurrences of sme\_active() with cc\_platform\_has()

- From: Tom Lendacky \<thomas.lendacky@amd.com\>
- Date: 2021-09-21 21:44:09 
- List: linuxppc-dev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2021/09/214708
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/linuxppc-dev/2021/09/213849/t.md

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On 9/21/21 4:34 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021 at 11:27:17PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 12:20:59AM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>>> I still believe calling cc_platform_has() from __startup_64() is totally
>>> broken as it lacks proper wrapping while accessing global variables.
>>
>> Well, one of the issues on the AMD side was using boot_cpu_data too
>> early and the Intel side uses it too. Can you replace those checks with
>> is_tdx_guest() or whatever was the helper's name which would check
>> whether the the kernel is running as a TDX guest, and see if that helps?
>
> There's no need in Intel check this early. Only AMD need it. Maybe just
> opencode them?

Any way you can put a gzipped/bzipped copy of your vmlinux file somewhere I can grab it from and take a look at it?

Thanks,
Tom

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