[PATCH v2 04/14] x86: Handle KCOV __init vs inline mismatches
Sean Christopherson
seanjc at google.com
Fri May 23 14:35:03 UTC 2025
On Thu, May 22, 2025, Kees Cook wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> index 921c1c783bc1..72f13d643fca 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ static u64 kvm_steal_clock(int cpu)
> return steal;
> }
>
> -static inline void __set_percpu_decrypted(void *ptr, unsigned long size)
> +static __always_inline void __set_percpu_decrypted(void *ptr, unsigned long size)
I'd rather drop the "inline" and explicitly mark this "__init". There's value
in documenting and enforcing that memory is marked decrypted/shared only during
boot.
> {
> early_set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long) ptr, size);
> }
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