On Thu, Sep 08, 2016 at 08:26:27AM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> When does this value get initialized? Since _PAGE_ENC is #defined to
> sme_me_mask, which is not set until the boot process begins, I'm afraid
> we'd end up using the initial value of sme_me_mask, which is zero. Do
> I have that right?
Hmm, but then that would hold true for all the other defines where you
OR-in _PAGE_ENC, no?
In any case, the preprocessed source looks like this:
pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = (((((((pteval_t)(1)) << 0) | (((pteval_t)(1)) << 1) | (((pteval_t)(1)) << 6) | (((pteval_t)(1)) << 5) | (((pteval_t)(1)) << 8)) | (((pteval_t)(1)) << 63)) | (((pteval_t)(1)) << 7)) | sme_me_mask) & ~((((pteval_t)(1)) << 8) | (((pteval_t)(1)) << 63));
but the problem is later, when building:
arch/x86/kernel/head64.c:39:28: error: initializer element is not constant
pmdval_t early_pmd_flags = (__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE | _PAGE_ENC) & ~(_PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_NX);
^
scripts/Makefile.build:153: recipe for target 'arch/x86/kernel/head64.s' failed
so I guess not. :-\
Ok, then at least please put the early_pmd_flags init after
sme_early_init() along with a small comment explaning what happens.
Thanks.
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Boris.
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