From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mail.alien8.de (mail.alien8.de [65.109.113.108]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 308FE30F818; Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=65.109.113.108 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755590405; cv=none; b=ZkO522eSKK1QfiH9cbkpLucl99a7xk/FSmXGb807rgHWhBKSz/bFG8EnolVQqJN16LXSPyS6kYZnhh+TXYmw/Inn5W6bVWzCojYaUDmXpgGkZ4losXESdkHrReYDFJZT1U2m6PJ0tNiDddFYoO4LGxP+W/nB5rl7okODWl81pzA= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1755590405; c=relaxed/simple; bh=wfpbrorY23l3/fQ6h0rPo3D2UzogLe/Q8BwP914Hi5s=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:References:MIME-Version: Content-Type:Content-Disposition:In-Reply-To; b=r55QSmevqRjp3yZ2jA5C/gy/E0sWb4Bx9hAYf+zxwv3nMN2CzRcIzfFKrYyGgUvhpJJsV7wJoVFYbBE4hb5ayhkm/JPB/+C9CZHUlH7Hv8fDjY6BvY/Nq+Pxg/Ti8FK5fjYgbX2XeLQk+EuT9pdvBsKRqutSm/GFpRuym2p1Z08= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=alien8.de; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alien8.de; dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b=kFpOfBYp; arc=none smtp.client-ip=65.109.113.108 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=alien8.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=alien8.de Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de header.i=@alien8.de header.b="kFpOfBYp" Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by mail.alien8.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTP id 12EF340E0176; Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:59:58 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.alien8.de Authentication-Results: mail.alien8.de (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (4096-bit key) header.d=alien8.de Received: from mail.alien8.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.alien8.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id lIfyCsu2oAOh; Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:59:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=alien8.de; s=alien8; t=1755590393; bh=fPv298C70ys2MQghFIdYDN0L2uGa15B8zIq8FzRAKp4=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=kFpOfBYp9X4UZr76YQvwI7iGazNLlUy0YxdNelqbjA60U1fJmKAnrDxyo9+T0yRMd h4yEc8kwy+n8M7Jt99/6WxzOAa+dXPVOI1cK0mCAF9t8BK8nIeLnZToSSbVfP1Vnep vWrOzb79AXB1eT61W3dkramcYu6NqEAAQqtytJopBN0LIneIByDfCpUg1j4QXkiFgn Y63wHWxZMLRZDR7PberJ4R6YYpRUUZOq61Sxu2eebBwA3ER83z94/2G6BN8gEVAnkW CuizGc/ARgVBveTLB939xKJpq5bheeoT1aUQn7zGhq2lh3AjcNVMA5324SUTfbie+5 Ct4bXTRgVdIseYRpOEuLimFLg79vPvdy8WslMlVsE0Gtm9ZEVs6sy2IKFNEDgxy24f 44SL+NbrGXK+W6iK5PsK+Ypi55IZCkkRV0ypSskkGBr/yu4+vEAr4PNRBhp5rNYEZw mrQQRMFW33ooIuU5kSirjf1+gzWHH3S9Gjn5UvT1Qdb7nNkMi71Kbfc9O3HYKXO9eP hJ3xF3Rohjqx9CAD0lOsuviiXyD0EcJefyL2sUHjF+U7GCK1cTynv424LQVN56YWYN 8c0E+NA2rcli0lgjCl9SPOiGm25R5gqCquI3Aqei2lEaw73ZgAWdDLkhN8Y/weWBmp fHsFWcvoempRs7lc3/wBYtjI= Received: from zn.tnic (pd953092e.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.83.9.46]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature ECDSA (P-256) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.alien8.de (SuperMail on ZX Spectrum 128k) with ESMTPSA id 55C1C40E0194; Tue, 19 Aug 2025 07:59:26 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2025 09:59:19 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Kim Phillips Cc: "Kalra, Ashish" , Herbert Xu , Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com, aik@amd.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, ardb@kernel.org, arnd@arndb.de, corbet@lwn.net, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, davem@davemloft.net, hpa@zytor.com, john.allen@amd.com, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-doc@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, michael.roth@amd.com, mingo@redhat.com, nikunj@amd.com, paulmck@kernel.org, pbonzini@redhat.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, seanjc@google.com, tglx@linutronix.de, thomas.lendacky@amd.com, x86@kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 0/7] Add SEV-SNP CipherTextHiding feature support Message-ID: <20250819075919.GAaKQu135vlUGjqe80@fat_crate.local> References: <20250811203025.25121-1-Ashish.Kalra@amd.com> <51f0c677-1f9f-4059-9166-82fb2ed0ecbb@amd.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <51f0c677-1f9f-4059-9166-82fb2ed0ecbb@amd.com> On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 02:38:38PM -0500, Kim Phillips wrote: > I have pending comments on patch 7: If you're so hell-bent on doing your improvements on-top or aside of them, you take his patch, add your stuff ontop or rewrite it, test it and then you send it out and say why yours is better. Then the maintainer decides. There's no need to debate ad absurdum - you simply offer your idea and the maintainer decides which one is better. As it has always been done. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette