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.
next prev 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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