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From: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, seanjc@google.com, pbonzini@redhat.com,
	dan.j.williams@intel.com, rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com,
	kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com, ying.huang@intel.com,
	reinette.chatre@intel.com, len.brown@intel.com,
	tony.luck@intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com,
	isaku.yamahata@intel.com, chao.gao@intel.com,
	sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com, bagasdotme@gmail.com,
	sagis@google.com, imammedo@redhat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 10/20] x86/virt/tdx: Use all system memory when initializing TDX module as TDX memory
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 10:29:46 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y33oCuQtLrFugMFc@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <eb8d0f69-7ada-a358-46ea-da15a3aeac93@intel.com>

On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 04:21:38PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > +	/*
> > +	 * All memory regions that can be used by the TDX module must be
> > +	 * passed to the TDX module during the module initialization.
> > +	 * Once this is done, all "TDX-usable" memory regions are fixed
> > +	 * during module's runtime.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * The initial support of TDX guests only allocates memory from
> > +	 * the global page allocator.  To keep things simple, for now
> > +	 * just make sure all pages in the page allocator are TDX memory.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * To achieve this, use all system memory in the core-mm at the
> > +	 * time of initializing the TDX module as TDX memory, and at the
> > +	 * meantime, reject any new memory in memory hot-add.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * This works as in practice, all boot-time present DIMM is TDX
> > +	 * convertible memory.  However if any new memory is hot-added
> > +	 * before initializing the TDX module, the initialization will
> > +	 * fail due to that memory is not covered by CMR.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * This can be enhanced in the future, i.e. by allowing adding or
> > +	 * onlining non-TDX memory to a separate node, in which case the
> > +	 * "TDX-capable" nodes and the "non-TDX-capable" nodes can exist
> > +	 * together -- the userspace/kernel just needs to make sure pages
> > +	 * for TDX guests must come from those "TDX-capable" nodes.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * Build the list of TDX memory regions as mentioned above so
> > +	 * they can be passed to the TDX module later.
> > +	 */
> 
> This is msotly Documentation/, not a code comment.  Please clean it up.

So personally, I *vastly* prefer code comments over this Documentation/
cesspit. Putting things in Documentation/ is a bit like an
old-folks-home, neatly out of the way to (bit)rot in peace.

And that whole .rst disease is making it unreadable for anybody that
still knows how to use a text editor :-(

  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-23  9:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 163+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-11-21  0:26 [PATCH v7 00/20] TDX host kernel support Kai Huang
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 01/20] x86/tdx: Define TDX supported page sizes as macros Kai Huang
2022-11-21  2:52   ` Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
2022-11-21  9:15     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21 17:23       ` Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
2022-11-21 18:12     ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-21 23:48   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22  0:01     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 02/20] x86/virt/tdx: Detect TDX during kernel boot Kai Huang
2022-11-21  3:07   ` Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
2022-11-21  9:37     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21 23:57       ` Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
2022-11-22  0:10   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22 11:28     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-22 16:50       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22 23:21         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 03/20] x86/virt/tdx: Disable TDX if X2APIC is not enabled Kai Huang
2022-11-21  3:51   ` Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
2022-11-21  9:44     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21 22:00       ` Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
2022-11-21 23:40         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21 23:46   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22  0:30     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-22  0:44       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22  0:58         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 04/20] x86/virt/tdx: Add skeleton to initialize TDX on demand Kai Huang
2022-11-22  9:02   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-22 10:31     ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-11-22 15:35       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22 20:03         ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-11-22 20:11           ` Sean Christopherson
2022-11-23  0:30           ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-23  1:12             ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-23 11:05             ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-11-23 12:22               ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-22 18:05   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23 10:18     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-23 16:58       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23 21:58         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 05/20] x86/virt/tdx: Implement functions to make SEAMCALL Kai Huang
2022-11-22  9:06   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-23  8:53     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-22 18:20   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23 10:43     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 06/20] x86/virt/tdx: Shut down TDX module in case of error Kai Huang
2022-11-22  9:10   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-22  9:13   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-22 15:14     ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22 19:13       ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-22 19:24         ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22 19:33           ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-23  1:14             ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-29 21:40             ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-30 11:09               ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-11-23  0:58           ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-23  1:04             ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23  1:22               ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-23 16:20                 ` Sean Christopherson
2022-11-23 16:41                   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23 17:37                     ` Sean Christopherson
2022-11-23 18:18                       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23 19:03                         ` Sean Christopherson
2022-11-22  9:20   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-22 15:06     ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-11-22 19:06       ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-22 19:31         ` Sean Christopherson
2022-11-23  9:39           ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-22 15:20     ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22 16:52       ` Thomas Gleixner
2022-11-22 18:57   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-22 19:14     ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-23  1:24       ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 07/20] x86/virt/tdx: Do TDX module global initialization Kai Huang
2022-11-22 19:14   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23 11:45     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 08/20] x86/virt/tdx: Do logical-cpu scope TDX module initialization Kai Huang
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 09/20] x86/virt/tdx: Get information about TDX module and TDX-capable memory Kai Huang
2022-11-22 23:39   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23 11:40     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-23 16:44       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23 22:53         ` Huang, Kai
2022-12-02 11:19           ` Huang, Kai
2022-12-02 17:25             ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 21:57               ` Huang, Kai
2022-12-02 11:11     ` Huang, Kai
2022-12-02 17:06       ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-02 21:56         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 10/20] x86/virt/tdx: Use all system memory when initializing TDX module as TDX memory Kai Huang
2022-11-21  5:37   ` Huang, Ying
2022-11-21  9:09     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-22  1:54       ` Huang, Ying
2022-11-22  9:16         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-24  0:47           ` Huang, Ying
2022-11-22 10:10   ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-22 11:40     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-23  0:21   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-23  9:29     ` Peter Zijlstra [this message]
2022-11-24  1:04     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-24  1:22       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-24  2:27         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-24  1:50   ` Dan Williams
2022-11-24  9:06     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-25  9:28       ` David Hildenbrand
2022-11-28  8:38         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-28  8:43           ` David Hildenbrand
2022-11-28  9:21             ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-28  9:26               ` David Hildenbrand
2022-11-28  9:50                 ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-24  9:26     ` Peter Zijlstra
2022-11-24 10:02       ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-30 22:26         ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 11/20] x86/virt/tdx: Add placeholder to construct TDMRs to cover all TDX memory regions Kai Huang
2022-11-23 22:17   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-24  9:51     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-24 12:02     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-28 15:59       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-28 22:13         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-28 22:19           ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-28 22:50             ` Huang, Kai
2022-12-07 11:47               ` Huang, Kai
2022-12-08 12:56                 ` Huang, Kai
2022-12-08 14:58                   ` Dave Hansen
2022-12-08 23:29                     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 12/20] x86/virt/tdx: Create " Kai Huang
2022-11-23 22:41   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-24 11:29     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 13/20] x86/virt/tdx: Allocate and set up PAMTs for TDMRs Kai Huang
2022-11-23 22:57   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-24 11:46     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-28 16:39       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-28 22:48         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-28 22:56           ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-28 23:14             ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 14/20] x86/virt/tdx: Set up reserved areas for all TDMRs Kai Huang
2022-11-23 23:39   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-28  9:14     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-28 13:18       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-28 22:24         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-28 22:58           ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-28 23:10             ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 15/20] x86/virt/tdx: Reserve TDX module global KeyID Kai Huang
2022-11-23 23:40   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-24 22:39     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 16/20] x86/virt/tdx: Configure TDX module with TDMRs and " Kai Huang
2022-11-23 23:56   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-25  0:59     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-25  1:18       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-25  1:44         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 17/20] x86/virt/tdx: Configure global KeyID on all packages Kai Huang
2022-11-24  0:28   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-24 22:28     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-25  0:08       ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-30  3:35   ` Binbin Wu
2022-11-30  8:34     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-30 14:04       ` kirill.shutemov
2022-11-30 15:13       ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-30 20:17         ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-30 17:37   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 18/20] x86/virt/tdx: Initialize all TDMRs Kai Huang
2022-11-24  0:42   ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-25  2:27     ` Huang, Kai
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 19/20] x86/virt/tdx: Flush cache in kexec() when TDX is enabled Kai Huang
2022-11-21  0:26 ` [PATCH v7 20/20] Documentation/x86: Add documentation for TDX host support Kai Huang

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