Re: [RFC PATCH v3 26/59] KVM: x86: Introduce vm_teardown() hook in kvm_arch_vm_destroy()

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Thu Nov 25 2021 - 15:58:41 EST


On 11/25/21 20:46, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
On Wed, Nov 24 2021 at 16:20, isaku yamahata wrote:
Add a second kvm_x86_ops hook in kvm_arch_vm_destroy() to support TDX's
destruction path, which needs to first put the VM into a teardown state,
then free per-vCPU resource, and finally free per-VM resources.

Note, this knowingly creates a discrepancy in nomenclature for SVM as
svm_vm_teardown() invokes avic_vm_destroy() and sev_vm_destroy().
Moving the now-misnamed functions or renaming them is left to a future
patch so as not to introduce a functional change for SVM.
That's just the wrong way around. Fixup SVM first and then add the TDX
muck on top. Stop this 'left to a future patch' nonsense. I know for
sure that those future patches never materialize.

Or just keep vm_destroy for the "early" destruction, and give a new name to the new hook. It is used to give back the TDCS memory, so perhaps you can call it vm_free?

Paolo