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From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com>
Cc: kas@kernel.org, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,  rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com,
	pbonzini@redhat.com, tglx@kernel.org,  mingo@redhat.com,
	bp@alien8.de, kai.huang@intel.com, yilun.xu@linux.intel.com,
	 vannapurve@google.com, ackerleytng@google.com, sagis@google.com,
	 binbin.wu@linux.intel.com, xiaoyao.li@intel.com,
	 Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/virt/tdx: Warn on !4K level in tdh_mem_page_aug()
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2026 06:31:11 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ao2ZH8dmkPfBDnGv@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260825025533.25663-1-yan.y.zhao@intel.com>

On Tue, Aug 25, 2026, Yan Zhao wrote:
> Add a warning on a !4K level to loudly flag the unexpected condition when
> callers pass in a level > 4K before tdh_mem_page_aug() supports huge pages.
> 
> The warning makes the unexpected condition more obvious since the SEAMCALL
> TDH_MEM_PAGE_AUG does not necessarily fail when the level is above 4K,
> while tdh_mem_page_aug() only flushes the cache for a 4K page before huge
> page support is added.

If the only problem is the lack of CLFLUSH coverage, why not simply fix the
bug?  The changelog spends more effort justifying not fixing a bug than it would
take to fix the bug.

diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
index 42df8ea464c4..1a83857eb7e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -1628,9 +1628,9 @@ static void tdx_clflush_page(struct page *page)
 	clflush_cache_range(page_to_virt(page), PAGE_SIZE);
 }
 
-static void tdx_clflush_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn)
+static void tdx_clflush_pfn(kvm_pfn_t pfn, enum pg_level level)
 {
-	clflush_cache_range(__va(PFN_PHYS(pfn)), PAGE_SIZE);
+	clflush_cache_range(__va(PFN_PHYS(pfn)), page_level_size(level));
 }
 
 static int pg_level_to_tdx_sept_level(enum pg_level level)
@@ -1670,7 +1670,7 @@ u64 tdh_mem_page_add(struct tdx_td *td, u64 gpa, kvm_pfn_t pfn, struct page *sou
 	};
 	u64 ret;
 
-	tdx_clflush_pfn(pfn);
+	tdx_clflush_pfn(pfn, PG_LEVEL_4K);
 	ret = seamcall_ret(TDH_MEM_PAGE_ADD, &args);
 
 	*ext_err1 = args.rcx;
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ u64 tdh_mem_page_aug(struct tdx_td *td, u64 gpa, enum pg_level level,
 	};
 	u64 ret;
 
-	tdx_clflush_pfn(pfn);
+	tdx_clflush_pfn(pfn, level);
 	ret = seamcall_ret(TDH_MEM_PAGE_AUG, &args);
 
 	*ext_err1 = args.rcx;

  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-25 13:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-25  2:55 [PATCH] x86/virt/tdx: Warn on !4K level in tdh_mem_page_aug() Yan Zhao
2026-08-25 13:31 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-08-25 17:15 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-25 17:48   ` Sean Christopherson
2026-08-25 18:19     ` Edgecombe, Rick P

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