[RFC v2 00/13] Multi-Key Total Memory Encryption API (MKTME)

[Sakkinen, Jarkko]

On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 14:22 +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> When you say "disable encryption to a page" does the encryption get
> > actually disabled or does the CPU just decrypt it transparently i.e.
> > what happens physically?
> 
> Yes, it gets disabled. Physically. It overrides TME encryption.

OK, thanks for confirmation. BTW, how much is the penalty to keep it
always enabled? Is it something that would not make sense for some
other reasons?

/Jarkko