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Re: [PATCH v6 18/34] x86/efi: Update EFI pagetable creation to work with SME

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On Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 02:16:27PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> When SME is active, pagetable entries created for EFI need to have the
> encryption mask set as necessary.
> 
> When the new pagetable pages are allocated they are mapped encrypted. So,
> update the efi_pgt value that will be used in cr3 to include the encryption
> mask so that the PGD table can be read successfully. The pagetable mapping
> as well as the kernel are also added to the pagetable mapping as encrypted.
> All other EFI mappings are mapped decrypted (tables, etc.).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/platform/efi/efi_64.c |   15 +++++++++++----
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

patches 15-18:

Reviewed-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>

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    Boris.

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Re: [PATCH v6 18/34] x86/efi: Update EFI pagetable creation to work  with SME Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2017-06-11 21:50 +0200

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