Re: [PATCH v19 023/130] KVM: TDX: Initialize the TDX module when loading the KVM intel kernel module

Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-14T16:27:14Z

On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 10:05:35AM +0800,
Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > index 18cecf12c7c8..18aef6e23aab 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > @@ -6,6 +6,22 @@
> > #include "nested.h"
> > #include "pmu.h"
> > +static bool enable_tdx __ro_after_init;
> > +module_param_named(tdx, enable_tdx, bool, 0444);
> > +
> > +static __init int vt_hardware_setup(void)
> > +{
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + ret = vmx_hardware_setup();
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + enable_tdx = enable_tdx && !tdx_hardware_setup(&vt_x86_ops);
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > #define VMX_REQUIRED_APICV_INHIBITS \
> > (BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_DISABLE)| \
> > BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_ABSENT) | \
> > @@ -22,6 +38,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops vt_x86_ops __initdata = {
> > .hardware_unsetup = vmx_hardware_unsetup,
> > + /* TDX cpu enablement is done by tdx_hardware_setup(). */
>
> How about if there are some LPs that are offline.
> In tdx_hardware_setup(), only online LPs are initialed for TDX, right?

Correct.

> Then when an offline LP becoming online, it doesn't have a chance to call
> tdx_cpu_enable()?

KVM registers kvm_online/offline_cpu() @ kvm_main.c as cpu hotplug callbacks.
Eventually x86 kvm hardware_enable() is called on online/offline event.
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Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>