Re: [RFC PATCH v5 032/104] KVM: x86/mmu: introduce config for PRIVATE KVM MMU
From: Isaku Yamahata
Date: Thu Mar 31 2022 - 21:51:38 EST
On Fri, Apr 01, 2022 at 12:23:28AM +1300,
Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2022-03-04 at 11:48 -0800, isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > To Keep the case of non TDX intact, introduce a new config option for
> > private KVM MMU support. At the moment, this is synonym for
> > CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_HOST && CONFIG_KVM_INTEL. The new flag make it clear
> > that the config is only for x86 KVM MMU.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 4 ++++
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
> > index 2b1548da00eb..2db590845927 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig
> > @@ -136,4 +136,8 @@ config KVM_MMU_AUDIT
> > config KVM_EXTERNAL_WRITE_TRACKING
> > bool
> >
> > +config KVM_MMU_PRIVATE
> > + def_bool y
> > + depends on INTEL_TDX_HOST && KVM_INTEL
> > +
> > endif # VIRTUALIZATION
>
> I am really not sure why need this. Roughly looking at MMU related patches this
> new config option is hardly used. You have many code changes related to
> handling private/shared but they are not under this config option.
I don't want to use CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_HOST in KVM MMU code. I think the change
to KVM MMU should be a sort of independent from TDX. But it seems failed based
on your feedback.
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Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>