From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
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Cc: "binbin.wu@linux.intel.com" <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 08/11] KVM: TDX: Get/put PAMT pages when (un)mapping private memory
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:20:53 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4ad035a82ee10dc4645e26a4bd1daf40786a743a.camel@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20900cd6-6d05-4a20-a21d-2a1d4a6ef5e5@suse.com>
On Wed, 2026-07-22 at 16:46 +0300, Nikolay Borisov wrote:
> > +static int tdx_topup_external_pamt_cache(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int
> > min_nr_spts)
> > +{
> > + /*
> > + * Don't cover the root SPT, but cover a possible 4KB private
> > + * page in addition to the SPTs. So -1 to exclude the root
> > + * SPT, and +1 for the guest page cancel out.
> > + */
>
> That comment here doesn't seem to correspond to the code in anyway.
> There are no +-1 adjustments.
The +1 and -1 cancel each other out. Hmm, how about:
/*
* Don't cover the root SPT, but cover a possible 4KB private
* page in addition to the SPTs. The -1 to exclude the root
* SPT and +1 for the guest page cancel each other out. So
* make no adjustments.
*/
And thanks for the RB tags!
> > + return tdx_topup_pamt_cache(&to_tdx(vcpu)->pamt_cache,
> > min_nr_spts);
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-22 19:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-18 1:44 [PATCH v7 00/11] Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 01/11] x86/virt/tdx: Simplify PAMT layout calculation Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 02/11] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate page bitmap for Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 03/11] x86/virt/tdx: Add tdx_alloc/free_control_page() helpers Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 04/11] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate refcounts for Dynamic PAMT memory Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 05/11] x86/virt/tdx: Handle multiple callers in tdx_pamt_get/put() Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-21 15:32 ` Nikolay Borisov
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 06/11] KVM: TDX: Allocate PAMT memory for TD and vCPU control structures Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-22 7:59 ` Nikolay Borisov
2026-07-22 19:40 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 07/11] x86/tdx: Add APIs to support Dynamic PAMT ops from KVM's fault path Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-22 10:50 ` Nikolay Borisov
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 08/11] KVM: TDX: Get/put PAMT pages when (un)mapping private memory Rick Edgecombe
[not found] ` <20260718061050.E17B01F000E9@smtp.kernel.org>
2026-07-20 16:48 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-22 15:12 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-22 16:55 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-22 17:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-22 19:17 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-22 19:18 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-22 13:46 ` Nikolay Borisov
2026-07-22 19:20 ` Edgecombe, Rick P [this message]
2026-07-22 19:34 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-22 19:51 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-22 14:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-22 16:58 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-22 19:41 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 09/11] x86/virt/tdx: Enable Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
[not found] ` <20260718015627.21D9F1F000E9@smtp.kernel.org>
2026-07-20 18:34 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-18 1:44 ` [PATCH v7 10/11] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for TDX's " Rick Edgecombe
2026-07-18 1:45 ` [PATCH v7 11/11] x86/virt/tdx: Optimize tdx_pamt_get/put() Rick Edgecombe
[not found] ` <20260718020053.C2FC81F000E9@smtp.kernel.org>
2026-07-20 18:33 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-07-21 20:59 ` [PATCH v7 00/11] Dynamic PAMT Sohil Mehta
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