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From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@kernel.org>
Cc: X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S: Cleanup SEV-related comments
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 13:50:23 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <d9081842-b904-42ff-9395-baa60abaf9c2@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260620043757.347076-1-bp@kernel.org>

On 6/19/26 23:37, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> From: "Borislav Petkov (AMD)" <bp@alien8.de>
> 
> Move the comment about setting the encryption mask above the line which
> does that and, especially, inside the ifdeffery, where it belongs.
> 
> Move comments ontop of the code lines they refer to and not on the
> side, which impairs readability.
> 
> No functional changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>

Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S | 18 +++++++++++-------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> index d9dab940ff62..1aca51390f73 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
> @@ -172,19 +172,23 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(startup_32)
>   /*
>    * Build early 4G boot pagetable
>    */
> -	/*
> -	 * If SEV is active then set the encryption mask in the page tables.
> -	 * This will ensure that when the kernel is copied and decompressed
> -	 * it will be done so encrypted.
> -	 */
>  	xorl	%edx, %edx
>  #ifdef	CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT
>  	call	get_sev_encryption_bit
>  	xorl	%edx, %edx
>  	testl	%eax, %eax
>  	jz	1f
> -	subl	$32, %eax	/* Encryption bit is always above bit 31 */
> -	bts	%eax, %edx	/* Set encryption mask for page tables */
> +
> +	/* Encryption bit is always above bit 31 */
> +	subl	$32, %eax
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * If SEV is active then set the encryption mask in the page tables.
> +	 * This will ensure that when the kernel is copied and decompressed it
> +	 * will be done so encrypted.
> +	 */
> +	bts	%eax, %edx
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * Set MSR_AMD64_SEV_ENABLED_BIT in sev_status so that
>  	 * startup32_check_sev_cbit() will do a check. sev_enable() will


  reply	other threads:[~2026-07-08 18:50 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-20  4:37 Borislav Petkov
2026-07-08 18:50 ` Tom Lendacky [this message]
2026-07-10  0:25 ` [tip: x86/cleanups] " tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov (AMD)
2026-07-10  9:24 ` [tip: x86/cleanups] x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S: Clean up " tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov (AMD)

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