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From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
To:     Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@google.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 2/4] x86/sev: Change snp_guest_issue_request's fw_err
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On Fri, Nov 04, 2022 at 11:00:38PM +0000, Dionna Glaze wrote:
> The GHCB specification declares that the firmware error value for a
> guest request will be stored in the lower 32 bits of EXIT_INFO_2.
> The upper 32 bits are for the VMM's own error code. The fw_err argument
> is thus a misnomer, and callers will need access to all 64 bits.
> 
> The type of unsigned long also causes problems, since sw_exit_info2 is
> u64 (unsigned long long) vs the argument's previous unsigned long*.
> The signature change requires the follow-up change to
> drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest to use the new expected type in order to
> compile.
> 
> The firmware might not even be called, so we bookend the call with the

Please use passive voice in your commit message: no "we" or "I",
etc, and describe your changes in imperative mood.

Personal pronouns are ambiguous in text, especially with so many
parties/companies/etc developing the kernel so let's avoid them please.

Otherwise, LGTM.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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