Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp - Don't initialize SEV support without the SEV feature

[Herbert Xu]

On Wed, Mar 03, 2021 at 04:31:09PM -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> 
> If SEV has been disabled (e.g. through BIOS), the driver probe will still
> issue SEV firmware commands. The SEV INIT firmware command will return an
> error in this situation, but the error code is a general error code that
> doesn't highlight the exact reason.
> 
> Add a check for X86_FEATURE_SEV in sev_dev_init() and emit a meaningful
> message and skip attempting to initialize the SEV firmware if the feature
> is not enabled. Since building the SEV code is dependent on X86_64, adding
> the check won't cause any build problems.
> 
> Cc: John Allen <john.allen@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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