Re: [PATCH v3 13/25] KVM: TDX: Fold tdx_mem_page_record_premap_cnt() into its sole caller

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Oct 24 2025 - 12:36:53 EST


On Fri, Oct 24, 2025, Binbin Wu wrote:
>
>
> On 10/17/2025 8:32 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Fold tdx_mem_page_record_premap_cnt() into tdx_sept_set_private_spte() as
> > providing a one-off helper for effectively three lines of code is at best a
> > wash, and splitting the code makes the comment for smp_rmb() _extremely_
> > confusing as the comment talks about reading kvm->arch.pre_fault_allowed
> > before kvm_tdx->state, but the immediately visible code does the exact
> > opposite.
> >
> > Opportunistically rewrite the comments to more explicitly explain who is
> > checking what, as well as _why_ the ordering matters.
> >
> > No functional change intended.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> One nit below.
>
> [...]
> > + /*
> > + * If the TD isn't finalized/runnable, then userspace is initializing
> > + * the VM image via KVM_TDX_INIT_MEM_REGION. Increment the number of
> > + * pages that need to be mapped and initialized via TDH.MEM.PAGE.ADD.
> > + * KVM_TDX_FINALIZE_VM checks the counter to ensure all mapped pages
>                                                                    ^
>                                                 Nit: Is pre-mapped better?

Yeah, updated (and then it gets deleted a few commits later :-) ).