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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 06/14] x86/ioremap: Support hypervisor specified range to map as encrypted
On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 08:19:58AM -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> I believe Joerg added that key for performance reasons, since it is used on
> the exception path and can avoid all the calls to cc_platform_has(). I think
> that key should stay.

Yes, that is right. The key is mainly for the NMI entry path which can
be performance relevant in some situations. For SEV-ES some special
handling is needed there to re-enable NMIs and adjust the #VC stack in
case it was raised on the VC-handlers entry path.

Regards,

Joerg

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