Re: [PATCH v6 06/11] x86/virt/tdx: Optimize tdx_pamt_get/put()

[Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>]

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 07:35:10PM -0700, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> 
> The Dynamic PAMT get/put helpers use a global spinlock to serialize all
> refcount updates and SEAMCALL invocations. This gives correct behavior for
> concurrent callers, but leads to contention. It is especially bad from the
> KVM side, which is designed to allow faulting in EPT under a shared lock.
> With the global spinlock, not only is the lock an exclusive one, but it is
> for all TDs instead of just a single one.
> 
> But taking the global lock each time is actually unnecessary. Only the 0->1
> and 1->0 refcount transitions actually need the lock (to pair with
> SEAMCALLs that actually add and remove with the Dynamic PAMT pages). The
> common case of incrementing or decrementing a non-zero refcount can be
> done locklessly.
> 
> So create a fast and slow path. Check the refcount outside the lock and
> only take it for the slowpath (0->1 and 1->0 transitions).
> 
> On the put side make the refcount adjustment and lock taking atomic so if
> a 'get' happens between them, it doesn't cause the Dynamic PAMT to be
> freed incorrectly. On the get side there is no technique for doing the
> refcount adjustment and lock atomically, so check the refcount again
> inside the lock.
> 
> Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:claude-opus-4-6
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> Co-developed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
The optimization LGTM.