From: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
To: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: <bp@alien8.de>, <dave.hansen@intel.com>, <hpa@zytor.com>,
<kas@kernel.org>, <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-coco@lists.linux.dev>, <linux-doc@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <mingo@redhat.com>,
<nik.borisov@suse.com>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
<seanjc@google.com>, <tglx@kernel.org>, <vannapurve@google.com>,
<x86@kernel.org>, <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>, <kai.huang@intel.com>,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 09/11] KVM: TDX: Get/put PAMT pages when (un)mapping private memory
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 16:35:11 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ak4Lv+CQIG1P3k/f@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260526023515.288829-10-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 07:35:13PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
>From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
>
>Add Dynamic PAMT support to KVM's S-EPT MMU by "getting" a PAMT page when
>adding guest memory (PAGE.ADD or PAGE.AUG), and "putting" the page when
>removing guest memory (PAGE.REMOVE).
>
>To access the per-vCPU PAMT caches without plumbing @vcpu throughout the
>TDP MMU, begrudgingly use kvm_get_running_vcpu() to get the vCPU, and bug
>the VM if KVM attempts to set an S-EPT leaf without an active vCPU. KVM
>only supports creating _new_ mappings in page (pre)fault paths, all of
>which require an active vCPU.
>
>The PAMT memory holds metadata for TDX-protected memory. With Dynamic
>PAMT, PAMT_4K is allocated on demand. The kernel supplies the TDX module
>with a few pages that cover 2M of host physical memory.
>
>Releases are balanced via tdx_pamt_put(): every control-page free goes
>through tdx_free_control_page(), and guest data pages are put directly on
>the successful tdh_mem_page_remove() path and in the
>tdx_mem_page_add/aug() error path.
>
>Assisted-by: Sashiko:claude-opus-4-6 GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4-6 Claude:claude-opus-4-7
>Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
>Co-developed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
>Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
>Co-developed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
>Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
>---
>v6:
> - Don't have topup op take a min param (Yan, Sean)
The topup_external_cache x86 op still takes int min_nr_spts. Did you
forget to remove it, or am I misreading this changelog?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 8:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 84+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-05-26 2:35 [PATCH v6 00/11] Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 01/11] x86/virt/tdx: Simplify tdmr_get_pamt_sz() Rick Edgecombe
2026-06-04 16:05 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-07-01 0:08 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-06-11 18:25 ` Vishal Annapurve
2026-07-03 5:48 ` Chao Gao
2026-07-06 20:18 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-07 3:24 ` Yan Zhao
2026-07-07 19:08 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-07 23:22 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-07-08 1:23 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 02/11] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate page bitmap for Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2026-06-04 16:14 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-07-01 0:14 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-06-11 18:47 ` Vishal Annapurve
2026-07-03 8:26 ` Chao Gao
2026-07-07 3:59 ` Yan Zhao
2026-07-07 21:25 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-08 0:49 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-07-08 2:07 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-08 2:10 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-08 3:35 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 03/11] x86/virt/tdx: Add tdx_alloc/free_control_page() helpers Rick Edgecombe
2026-06-08 2:11 ` Binbin Wu
2026-06-08 2:18 ` Yan Zhao
2026-07-01 0:15 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-06 12:31 ` Chao Gao
2026-07-06 20:23 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-08 3:50 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 04/11] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate ref counts for Dynamic PAMT memory Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-02 7:20 ` Binbin Wu
2026-07-06 20:26 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-06 13:22 ` Chao Gao
2026-07-06 20:26 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-07 4:53 ` Yan Zhao
2026-07-07 22:32 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 05/11] x86/virt/tdx: Handle concurrent callers in tdx_pamt_get/put() Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-02 7:39 ` Binbin Wu
2026-07-06 20:27 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-07 5:54 ` Chao Gao
2026-07-08 6:46 ` Yan Zhao
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 06/11] x86/virt/tdx: Optimize tdx_pamt_get/put() Rick Edgecombe
2026-05-26 8:57 ` Chao Gao
2026-05-26 16:42 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-06-04 16:59 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-06-05 5:40 ` Chao Gao
2026-06-05 11:42 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-06-05 16:23 ` Dave Hansen
2026-06-08 9:14 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-06-08 9:50 ` Yan Zhao
2026-07-01 1:45 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-01 5:37 ` Yan Zhao
2026-07-01 1:05 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-07 6:45 ` Chao Gao
2026-07-08 8:46 ` Yan Zhao
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 07/11] KVM: TDX: Allocate PAMT memory for TD and vCPU control structures Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-02 8:55 ` Binbin Wu
2026-07-06 23:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-06 23:54 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-07 0:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-07 6:54 ` Chao Gao
2026-07-08 9:13 ` Yan Zhao
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 08/11] x86/tdx: Add APIs to support Dynamic PAMT ops from KVM's fault path Rick Edgecombe
2026-06-04 17:11 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-07-02 9:32 ` Binbin Wu
2026-07-07 7:25 ` Chao Gao
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 09/11] KVM: TDX: Get/put PAMT pages when (un)mapping private memory Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-03 3:15 ` Binbin Wu
2026-07-06 20:47 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-06 21:02 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-06 21:52 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-08 8:35 ` Chao Gao [this message]
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 10/11] x86/virt/tdx: Enable Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2026-06-04 17:14 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-06-05 5:25 ` Chao Gao
2026-07-01 1:20 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-06 20:48 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-03 4:35 ` Binbin Wu
2026-05-26 2:35 ` [PATCH v6 11/11] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for TDX's " Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-03 4:54 ` Binbin Wu
2026-06-08 5:45 ` [PATCH v6 00/11] " Tony Lindgren
2026-07-06 21:01 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-07 16:17 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-07 17:25 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
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