Re: [PATCH v6 1/9] x86/cpu: KVM: Add common defines for architectural memory types (PAT, MTRRs, etc.)

[Huang, Kai]

On 4/04/2024 7:57 am, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024, Kai Huang wrote:
> > On Fri, 2024-03-08 at 17:27 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > Add defines for the architectural memory types that can be shoved into
> > > various MSRs and registers, e.g. MTRRs, PAT, VMX capabilities MSRs, EPTPs,
> > > etc.  While most MSRs/registers support only a subset of all memory types,
> > > the values themselves are architectural and identical across all users.
> > >
> > > Leave the goofy MTRR_TYPE_* definitions as-is since they are in a uapi
> > > header, but add compile-time assertions to connect the dots (and sanity
> > > check that the msr-index.h values didn't get fat-fingered).
> > >
> > > Keep the VMX_EPTP_MT_* defines so that it's slightly more obvious that the
> > > EPTP holds a single memory type in 3 of its 64 bits; those bits just
> > > happen to be 2:0, i.e. don't need to be shifted.
> > >
> > > Opportunistically use X86_MEMTYPE_WB instead of an open coded '6' in
> > > setup_vmcs_config().
> > >
> > > No functional change intended.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > >   
> > >   #include "mtrr.h"
> > >   
> > > +static_assert(X86_MEMTYPE_UC == MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE);
> > > +static_assert(X86_MEMTYPE_WC == MTRR_TYPE_WRCOMB);
> > > +static_assert(X86_MEMTYPE_WT == MTRR_TYPE_WRTHROUGH);
> > > +static_assert(X86_MEMTYPE_WP == MTRR_TYPE_WRPROT);
> > > +static_assert(X86_MEMTYPE_WB == MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK);
> > > +
> >
> > Hi Sean,
> >
> > IIUC, the purpose of this patch is for the kernel to use X86_MEMTYPE_xx, which
> > are architectural values, where applicable?
>
> Maybe?  Probably?
>
> > Yeah we need to keep MTRR_TYPE_xx in the uapi header, but in the kernel, should
> > we change all places that use MTRR_TYPE_xx to X86_MEMTYPE_xx?  The
> > static_assert()s above have guaranteed the two are the same, so there's nothing
> > wrong for the kernel to use X86_MEMTYPE_xx instead.
> >
> > Both PAT_xx and VMX_BASIC_MEM_TYPE_xx to X86_MEMTYPE_xx, it seems a little bit
> > odd if we don't switch for MTRR_TYPE_xx.
> >
> > However by simple search MEM_TYPE_xx are intensively used in many files, so...
>
> Yeah, I definitely don't want to do it in this series due to the amount of churn
> that would be required.
>
>    $ git grep MTRR_TYPE_ | wc -l
>    100
>
> I'm not even entirely convinced that it would be a net positive.  Much of the KVM
> usage that's being cleaned up is flat out wrong, e.g. using "MTRR" enums in places
> that having nothing to do with MTRRs.  But the majority of the remaining usage is
> in MTRR code, i.e. isn't wrong, and is arguably better off using the MTRR specific
> #defines.

Yeah understood.

But the patch title says we also "add common defines for ... MTRRs", so 
to me looks we should get rid of MTRR_TPYE_xx and use the common ones 
instead.  And it also looks a little bit inconsistent if we remove the 
PAT_xx but keep the MTRR_TYPE_xx.

Perhaps we can keep PAT_xx but add macros?

  #define PAT_UC	X86_MEMTYPE_UC
  ...

But looks not nice either because the only purpose is to keep the PAT_xx..

So up to you :-)