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This >>>>>>>>> Kconfig >>>>>>>>> option specifically enables and gates the kvm_gmem_populate() >>>>>>>>> function, >>>>>>>>> which is responsible for populating a GPA range with guest data. >>>>>>>> Well, I disagree. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> The config KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM was introduced by commit >>>>>>>> 89ea60c2c7b5 >>>>>>>> ("KVM: x86: Add support for "protected VMs" that can utilize private >>>>>>>> memory"), which is a convenient config for vm types that requires >>>>>>>> private memory support, e.g., SNP, TDX, and KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> It was commit e4ee54479273 ("KVM: guest_memfd: let >>>>>>>> kvm_gmem_populate() >>>>>>>> operate only on private gfns") that started to use >>>>>>>> CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM gates kvm_gmem_populate() >>>>>>>> function. But >>>>>>>> CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM is not for kvm_gmem_populate() only. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If using CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM to gate >>>>>>>> kvm_gmem_populate() is >>>>>>>> vague and confusing, we can introduce KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE >>>>>>>> to gate >>>>>>>> kvm_gmem_populate() and select KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE under >>>>>>>> CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Directly replace CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM with >>>>>>>> KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE doesn't look correct to me. >>>>>>> I'll quote David's reply to an earlier version of this patch [*]: >>>>>> >>>>>> It's not related to my concern. >>>>>> >>>>>> My point is that CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM is used for selecting >>>>>> the private memory support. Rename it to KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE is >>>>>> not correct. >>>>> >>>>> It protects a function that is called kvm_gmem_populate(). >>>>> >>>>> Can we stop the nitpicking? >>>> >>>> I don't think it's nitpicking. >>>> >>>> Could you loot into why it was named as KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM in the >>>> first place, and why it was picked to protect kvm_gmem_populate()? >>> >>> That is, in part, the point of this patch. This flag protects >>> kvm_gmem_populate(), and the name didn't reflect that. Now it does. It >>> is the only thing it protects. >> >> I'll note that the kconfig makes it clear that it depends on >> KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES -- having support for private memory. >> >> In any case, CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM is a bad name: what on earth >> is generic private memory. > > "gmem" + "memory_attribute" is the generic private memory. > > If KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM is a bad name, we can drop it, but not rename > it to CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE. > >> If CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE is for some reason I don't >> understand yet not the right name, can we have something that better >> expresses that is is about KVM .. GMEM ... and POPULATE? > > I'm not objecting the name of CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE, but > objecting the simple rename. Does something below look reasonable? > > --- > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig > index 2eeffcec5382..3f87dcaaae83 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ config KVM_INTEL_TDX > bool "Intel Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) support" > default y > depends on INTEL_TDX_HOST > + select KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE > help > Provides support for launching Intel Trust Domain Extensions > (TDX) > confidential VMs on Intel processors. > @@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ config KVM_AMD_SEV > depends on CRYPTO_DEV_SP_PSP && !(KVM_AMD=y && CRYPTO_DEV_CCP_DD=m) > select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM > select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM > + select KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE > select HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_PREPARE > select HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_INVALIDATE > help > diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h > index 755b09dcafce..359baaae5e9f 100644 > --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h > +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h > @@ -2556,7 +2556,7 @@ static inline int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, > int kvm_arch_gmem_prepare(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn, > int max_order); > #endif > > -#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM > +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE > /** > * kvm_gmem_populate() - Populate/prepare a GPA range with guest data > * > diff --git a/virt/kvm/Kconfig b/virt/kvm/Kconfig > index 49df4e32bff7..9b37ca009a22 100644 > --- a/virt/kvm/Kconfig > +++ b/virt/kvm/Kconfig > @@ -121,6 +121,10 @@ config KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM > select KVM_GMEM > bool > > +config KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE > + bool > + depends on KVM_GMEM && KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES > + > config HAVE_KVM_ARCH_GMEM_PREPARE > bool > depends on KVM_GMEM > diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c > index b2aa6bf24d3a..befea51bbc75 100644 > --- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c > +++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c > @@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ int kvm_gmem_get_pfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct > kvm_memory_slot *slot, > } > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_gmem_get_pfn); > > -#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM > +#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_GMEM_POPULATE > long kvm_gmem_populate(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t start_gfn, void __user > *src, long npages, > kvm_gmem_populate_cb post_populate, void *opaque) > { > > $ git grep KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig: select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM if KVM_SW_PROTECTED_VM arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig: select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM if INTEL_TDX_HOST arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig: select KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM include/linux/kvm_host.h:#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM virt/kvm/Kconfig:config KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c:#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM Why should we leave KVM_GENERIC_PRIVATE_MEM around when there are no other users? @fuad help me out, what am I missing? -- Cheers, David / dhildenb