From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
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sohil.mehta@intel.com
Cc: Hongyu Ning <hongyu.ning@linux.intel.com>,
Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v9 10/11] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for TDX's Dynamic PAMT
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:08:04 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8e40862e-891a-4cad-8bb8-06ad25ad6061@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260806020850.1221381-11-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
> +Dynamic PAMT
> +------------
> +
> +Physical Address Metadata Table (PAMT) is memory that the TDX module needs
> +to keep data about each page (think like struct page). It needs to be handed
> +to the TDX module for its exclusive use. For normal PAMT, this is installed
> +when the TDX module is first loaded and comes to about 0.4% of system memory.
The Physical Address Metadata Table (PAMT) is metadata in which the TDX
module keeps data about each physical page (think struct page). Space
for it is allocated by the VMM, consumes up to about 0.4% of system
memory and needs to be supplied to the TDX module for the TDX module is
first loaded.
Dynamic PAMT is an add-on feature that allows a VMM to dynamically
allocate the part of the PAMT which tracks 4k pages. This reduces the
amount of memory that TDX consumes while TDs are not in use.
Slight tweaks for those first two paragraphs ^
> +When Dynamic PAMT is in use, dmesg shows it like::
> +
> + [..] virt/tdx: Enable Dynamic PAMT
> + [..] virt/tdx: 10092 KB allocated for PAMT
> + [..] virt/tdx: TDX-Module initialized
> +
> +Dynamic PAMT is only enabled when supported and the ``tdx_dpamt=`` kernel
> +parameter is set to "on". The feature is off by default because TDX module
> +internal details prevent Dynamic PAMT from working on all keyid partitioning
> +configurations. When the TDX module is fixed to include these constraints in
> +its enumeration of Dynamic PAMT support, kernel support can be changed to
> +default on. For more information, consult the Intel TDX documentation about
> +Dynamic PAMT.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-10 14:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-06 2:08 [PATCH v9 00/11] Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 01/11] x86/virt/tdx: Simplify PAMT layout calculation Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 20:58 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 02/11] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate page bitmap for Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 20:58 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 03/11] x86/virt/tdx: Add tdx_alloc/free_control_page() helpers Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 17:17 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 17:20 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 22:22 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-06 22:42 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 04/11] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate refcounts for Dynamic PAMT memory Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 2:21 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-06 22:02 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-06 22:09 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 20:56 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 21:56 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 05/11] x86/virt/tdx: Handle multiple callers in tdx_pamt_get/put() Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 22:17 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 06/11] KVM: TDX: Allocate PAMT memory for TD and vCPU control structures Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 22:19 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 07/11] x86/tdx: Add APIs to support Dynamic PAMT ops from KVM's fault path Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 22:19 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 08/11] KVM: TDX: Get/put PAMT pages when (un)mapping private memory Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-06 7:16 ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-06 21:54 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-06 23:48 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 09/11] x86/virt/tdx: Enable Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-10 13:57 ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-10 21:33 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 10/11] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for TDX's " Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-10 14:08 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2026-08-06 2:08 ` [PATCH v9 11/11] x86/virt/tdx: Optimize tdx_pamt_get/put() Rick Edgecombe
2026-08-10 14:10 ` Dave Hansen
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