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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: bp@alien8.de, chao.gao@intel.com, dave.hansen@intel.com,
	 isaku.yamahata@intel.com, kai.huang@intel.com, kas@kernel.org,
	 kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,  mingo@redhat.com,
	pbonzini@redhat.com, tglx@linutronix.de,  vannapurve@google.com,
	x86@kernel.org, yan.y.zhao@intel.com,  xiaoyao.li@intel.com,
	binbin.wu@intel.com,
	 "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 07/16] x86/virt/tdx: Add tdx_alloc/free_page() helpers
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 15:17:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aWrHAeMcjDpVnTBp@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20251121005125.417831-8-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>

On Thu, Nov 20, 2025, Rick Edgecombe wrote:
> +/*
> + * Return a page that can be used as TDX private memory
> + * and obtain TDX protections.

Wrap at ~80.

This comment is also misleading, arguably wrong.  Because from KVM's perspective,
these APIs are _never_ used to back TDX private memory.  They are used only for
control pages, which yeah, I suppose might be encrypted with the guest's private
key, but most readers will interpret "used as TDX private memory" to mean that
these are _the_ source of pages for guest private memory.

> + */
> +struct page *tdx_alloc_page(void)

And in a similar vein, given terminology in other places, maybe call these
tdx_{alloc,free}_control_page()?

> +{
> +	struct page *page;
> +
> +	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);

GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT, all of these allocations are tied to a VM.

> +	if (!page)
> +		return NULL;
> +
> +	if (tdx_pamt_get(page)) {
> +		__free_page(page);
> +		return NULL;
> +	}
> +
> +	return page;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tdx_alloc_page);

Note, these can all now be EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM.

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-16 23:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 106+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-11-21  0:51 [PATCH v4 00/16] TDX: Enable Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 01/16] x86/tdx: Move all TDX error defines into <asm/shared/tdx_errno.h> Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-25 22:30   ` Huang, Kai
2025-11-25 22:44     ` Huang, Kai
2025-11-26 23:15       ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-26 23:14     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 02/16] x86/tdx: Add helpers to check return status codes Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-24  8:56   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-24 19:31     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-25 23:07   ` Huang, Kai
2025-11-26 23:26     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 03/16] x86/virt/tdx: Simplify tdmr_get_pamt_sz() Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-24  9:26   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-24 19:47     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-25  1:27       ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 04/16] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate page bitmap for Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-25  1:50   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-26 17:56     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-12-24  9:10   ` Xu Yilun
2026-01-05 22:06     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-06  4:01       ` Xu Yilun
2026-01-06 17:00         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-07  6:01           ` Xu Yilun
2026-01-07 14:41             ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-08 12:53               ` Xu Yilun
2026-01-08 16:52                 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-09  2:18                   ` Xu Yilun
2026-01-09 16:05                     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-12  0:24                       ` Xu Yilun
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 05/16] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate reference counters for PAMT memory Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 06/16] x86/virt/tdx: Improve PAMT refcounts allocation for sparse memory Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-25  3:15   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-26 20:47     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-27 15:57       ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2025-12-01 22:14         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-26 14:45   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-11-26 20:47     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-27  7:36       ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-11  0:07         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-27 16:04       ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 07/16] x86/virt/tdx: Add tdx_alloc/free_page() helpers Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-25  8:09   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-26 22:28     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-29  1:19       ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 17:18         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-29 19:09           ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-29 19:12             ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-26  1:21   ` Huang, Kai
2025-11-26 22:28     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-27 12:29   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-01 22:31     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-27 16:11   ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-01 22:39     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-12-02  7:38       ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-02 20:02         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-12-03 13:46           ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2025-12-03 13:48             ` Nikolay Borisov
2025-12-03 15:41               ` Dave Hansen
2025-12-03 18:15                 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-12-03 18:21                   ` Dave Hansen
2025-12-03 19:59                     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-12-03 20:13                       ` Dave Hansen
2025-12-03 21:39                         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-12-03 21:40                           ` Dave Hansen
2025-12-08  9:15   ` Yan Zhao
2025-12-08 20:27     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-16 23:17   ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-01-16 23:25     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-16 23:40     ` Dave Hansen
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 08/16] x86/virt/tdx: Optimize " Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 09/16] KVM: TDX: Allocate PAMT memory for TD control structures Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-25  9:11   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 10/16] KVM: TDX: Allocate PAMT memory for vCPU " Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-25  9:14   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 11/16] KVM: TDX: Add x86 ops for external spt cache Rick Edgecombe
2026-01-17  0:53   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-19  2:31     ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-20  8:42       ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-20  9:18         ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-20 10:00           ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-20 19:53     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-01-21 22:12       ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-21 22:34         ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 12/16] x86/virt/tdx: Add helpers to allow for pre-allocating pages Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-26  3:40   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-26  5:21     ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-26 22:33     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-27  2:38       ` Binbin Wu
2026-01-20  7:10         ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-20  7:46           ` Yan Zhao
2026-01-20  8:01             ` Huang, Kai
2026-01-17  1:02   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-21  0:52   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-01-21  0:58     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 13/16] KVM: TDX: Handle PAMT allocation in fault path Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-26  5:56   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-26 22:33     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 14/16] KVM: TDX: Reclaim PAMT memory Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-26  8:53   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-26 22:58     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 15/16] x86/virt/tdx: Enable Dynamic PAMT Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-21  0:51 ` [PATCH v4 16/16] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for TDX's " Rick Edgecombe
2025-11-26 10:33   ` Binbin Wu
2025-11-26 20:05     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2025-11-24 20:18 ` [PATCH v4 00/16] TDX: Enable " Sagi Shahar
2025-11-25 20:19 ` Vishal Annapurve

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