From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
pbonzini@redhat.com, seanjc@google.com, vannapurve@google.com
Cc: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
x86@kernel.org, H Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/tdx: Skip clearing reclaimed pages unless X86_BUG_TDX_PW_MCE is present
Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 07:25:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4bce6d90-c0d4-4f0d-bcb7-4a58fa9643e3@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250703114038.99270-3-adrian.hunter@intel.com>
On 7/3/25 04:40, Adrian Hunter wrote:
> @@ -642,6 +642,15 @@ static void reset_tdx_pages(unsigned long base, unsigned long size)
> const void *zero_page = (const void *)page_address(ZERO_PAGE(0));
> unsigned long phys, end;
If the only possible use for reset_tdx_pages() is for the erratum, then
it needs to be in the function name.
> + /*
> + * Linux uses only KeyID 0 which can read or write pages
> + * that were formerly TDX private pages, without poisoning
> + * memory. However on platforms with the partial-write errata,
> + * poisoning still happens for partial writes.
> + */
> + if (!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_TDX_PW_MCE))
> + return;
Would this be more clear?
/*
* Typically, any write to the page will convert it from TDX
* private back to normal kernel memory. Systems with the
* erratum need to do the conversion explicitly.
*/
prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-03 14:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-03 11:40 [PATCH 0/2] x86/tdx: Skip clearing reclaimed pages unless X86_BUG_TDX_PW_MCE is present Adrian Hunter
2025-07-03 11:40 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/tdx: Eliminate duplicate code in tdx_clear_page() Adrian Hunter
2025-07-03 14:14 ` Dave Hansen
2025-07-03 14:39 ` Adrian Hunter
2025-07-03 14:53 ` Dave Hansen
2025-07-03 11:40 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/tdx: Skip clearing reclaimed pages unless X86_BUG_TDX_PW_MCE is present Adrian Hunter
2025-07-03 14:25 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
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