Re: [RFC Part2 PATCH 04/30] x86/mm: split the physmap when adding the page in RMP table

[Borislav Petkov]

On Mon, Apr 19, 2021 at 10:25:01AM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> To my understanding, we don't group 512 4K entries into a 2M for the
> kernel address range. We do this for the userspace address through
> khugepage daemon. If page tables get out of sync then it will cause an
> RMP violation, the Patch #7 adds support to split the pages on demand.

Ok. So I haven't reviewed the whole thing but, is it possible to keep
the RMP table in sync so that you don't have to split the physmap like
you do in this patch?

I.e., if the physmap page is 2M, then you have a corresponding RMP entry
of 2M so that you don't have to split. And if you have 4K, then the
corresponding RMP entry is 4K. You get the idea...

IOW, when does that happen: "During the page table walk, we may get into
the situation where one of the pages within the large page is owned by
the guest (i.e assigned bit is set in RMP)." In which case is a 4K page
- as part of a 2M physmap mapping - owned by a guest?

Thx.

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