From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mga07.intel.com (mga07.intel.com [134.134.136.100]) (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 F07361C3B for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2022 14:29:55 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=intel.com; i=@intel.com; q=dns/txt; s=Intel; t=1655908195; x=1687444195; h=message-id:date:mime-version:subject:to:cc:references: from:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PtAWVcHQ/OeCLHQhF7OJWPRZK21owRko6PYyYGt05D0=; b=cEPKL6M/C2M7C33Fz3bnzH0KWkuxaHNQA9zsXMNQkMpAzjO1zA40fBxr 3birVHA+HF5/4fB7+4gY8dDH/iVf7UZbd6iZ2XDgRyD0me8y3RjiA35Tm cKODAsKUI8072NQC/+WX9PPcClOuYS0NY3C/DWYj18Tu7d4IsY5sIFKLU UxXm6uIQpYYIuk6uNH55c/3uAk0nrSDRANdcFiMXLmjgnhmVMLmJeK3sa OH8SyA4zt4mwie7Kt2XONjkKZmwPFyHrjGkyrIFiytOAKRCVBtla7XBFW r1CK2+x3qVXIZExcaEwFjs0pQ3AA8f6/zYP6R1Y+FobSteQ2QkLXgSW3s g==; X-IronPort-AV: E=McAfee;i="6400,9594,10385"; a="344421288" X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.92,212,1650956400"; d="scan'208";a="344421288" Received: from fmsmga003.fm.intel.com ([10.253.24.29]) by orsmga105.jf.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Jun 2022 07:29:51 -0700 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.92,212,1650956400"; d="scan'208";a="677571663" Received: from bshakya-mobl.amr.corp.intel.com (HELO [10.212.188.76]) ([10.212.188.76]) by fmsmga003-auth.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 22 Jun 2022 07:29:49 -0700 Message-ID: <25be3068-be13-a451-86d4-ff4cc12ddb23@intel.com> Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 07:29:31 -0700 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-coco@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.9.1 Subject: Re: [PATCH Part2 v6 05/49] x86/sev: Add RMP entry lookup helpers Content-Language: en-US To: "Kalra, Ashish" , "x86@kernel.org" , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" , "kvm@vger.kernel.org" , "linux-coco@lists.linux.dev" , "linux-mm@kvack.org" , "linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org" Cc: "tglx@linutronix.de" , "mingo@redhat.com" , "jroedel@suse.de" , "Lendacky, Thomas" , "hpa@zytor.com" , "ardb@kernel.org" , "pbonzini@redhat.com" , "seanjc@google.com" , "vkuznets@redhat.com" , "jmattson@google.com" , "luto@kernel.org" , "dave.hansen@linux.intel.com" , "slp@redhat.com" , "pgonda@google.com" , "peterz@infradead.org" , "srinivas.pandruvada@linux.intel.com" , "rientjes@google.com" , "dovmurik@linux.ibm.com" , "tobin@ibm.com" , "bp@alien8.de" , "Roth, Michael" , "vbabka@suse.cz" , "kirill@shutemov.name" , "ak@linux.intel.com" , "tony.luck@intel.com" , "marcorr@google.com" , "sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com" , "alpergun@google.com" , "dgilbert@redhat.com" , "jarkko@kernel.org" References: <8f63961f00fd170ba0e561f499292175f3155d26.1655761627.git.ashish.kalra@amd.com> From: Dave Hansen In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 6/22/22 07:22, Kalra, Ashish wrote: > As I replied previously on the same subject: Architectural implies > that it is defined in the APM and shouldn't change in such a way as > to not be backward compatible. I probably think the wording here > should be architecture independent or more precisely platform > independent. Yeah, arch-independent and non-architectural are quite different concepts. At Intel, at least, when someone says "not architectural" mean that the behavior is implementation-specific. That, combined with the model/family/stepping gave me the wrong impression about what was going on. Some more clarity would be greatly appreciated.