On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 09:23:47AM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote: > Btw, I tried to update all the subjects and descriptions to be > more descriptive but I'm sure there is still room for improvement > so keep the comments on them coming.
No worries there :) > Note, just because the bit is set in %cr3 doesn't mean the full > hierarchy is encrypted. Each level in the hierarchy needs to have the > encryption bit set. So, theoretically, you could have the encryption > bit set in %cr3 so that the PGD is encrypted, but not set the encryption > bit in the PGD entry for a PUD and so the PUD pointed to by that entry > would not be encrypted. Ha, that is a nice detail I didn't realize. You could add it to the text. Thanks. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. Good mailing practices for 400: avoid top-posting and trim the reply. _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec