On Wed, Jun 02, 2021 at 09:03:59AM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote: > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c > index 70f181f20d92..94957c5bdb51 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c I'm guessing this is in sev-shared.c because it is going to be used by both stages? > @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ > * out when the .bss section is later cleared. > */ > static u16 ghcb_version __section(".data"); State what this is: /* Bitmap of SEV features supported by the hypervisor */ > +static u64 hv_features __section(".data"); Also, I'm assuming that bitmap remains immutable during the guest lifetime so you can do: static u64 hv_features __ro_after_init; instead, which will do: static u64 hv_features __attribute__((__section__(".data..ro_after_init"))); and it'll be in the data section and then also marked read-only after init, after mark_rodata_ro() more specifically. Thx. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette