Re: [PATCH v6 01/21] x86/tdx: Use enum to define page level of TDX supported page sizes

From: Huang, Kai
Date: Thu Oct 27 2022 - 04:42:29 EST


On Thu, 2022-10-27 at 15:08 +0800, Li, Xiaoyao wrote:
> > @@ -663,27 +662,16 @@ static bool try_accept_one(phys_addr_t *start,
> > unsigned long len,
> >     if (len < accept_size)
> >     return false;
> >   
> > + /* TDX only supports 4K/2M/1G page sizes */
>
> yes, a page can be mapped as 1G size to TD via secure/shared EPT. But
> for this particular TDX_ACCEPT_PAGE case, it only supports 4K and 2M
> currently, which is defined in TDX module spec.

I checked the TDX module public spec, and it appears you are right. But I am
not sure whether it will be changed in the future?

Anyway this patch doesn't intend to bring any functional change (I should have
stated this in the changelog), so I think fixing to this, if ever needed, should
be another patch.

Hi Isaku,

You suggested to introduce a helper, but this reminds me how KVM is going to use
this helper? KVM secure EPT can accept more levels than try_accept_one().

Perhaps I can just get rid of this helper? TDX host series only needs some
definitions to represent 4K/2M/1G page to get rid of using magic numbers.

>
> This also implies one thing can be improved in current kernel that
> trying accepting a page from 1G in tdx_enc_status_changed() can be
> optimized to from 2M. It can be changed to start from 1G when TDX
> supports accepting 1G page directly.

Ditto.

>
> > + if (pg_level < PG_LEVEL_4K || pg_level > PG_LEVEL_1G)
> > + return false;
> >     /*
> >     * Pass the page physical address to the TDX module to accept the
> >     * pending, private page.
> >     *
> >     * Bits 2:0 of RCX encode page size: 0 - 4K, 1 - 2M, 2 - 1G.
>
> Maybe the “page size” can be adjusted to “TDX page level” accordingly.

Perhaps, but I think "page size" is also not that wrong, so I am reluctant to
change the existing comment. And let's see Isaku's response to my above
question first.