From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Cc: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>,
"kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
"pbonzini@redhat.com" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
"federico.parola@polito.it" <federico.parola@polito.it>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"isaku.yamahata@gmail.com" <isaku.yamahata@gmail.com>,
"michael.roth@amd.com" <michael.roth@amd.com>,
"dmatlack@google.com" <dmatlack@google.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 6/8] KVM: x86: Implement kvm_arch_{, pre_}vcpu_map_memory()
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:20:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZfBkle1eZFfjPI8l@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6b38d1ea3073cdda0f106313d9f0e032345b8b75.camel@intel.com>
On Tue, Mar 12, 2024, Kai Huang wrote:
> > Wait. KVM doesn't *need* to do PAGE.ADD from deep in the MMU. The only inputs to
> > PAGE.ADD are the gfn, pfn, tdr (vm), and source. The S-EPT structures need to be
> > pre-built, but when they are built is irrelevant, so long as they are in place
> > before PAGE.ADD.
> >
> > Crazy idea. For TDX S-EPT, what if KVM_MAP_MEMORY does all of the SEPT.ADD stuff,
> > which doesn't affect the measurement, and even fills in KVM's copy of the leaf EPTE,
> > but tdx_sept_set_private_spte() doesn't do anything if the TD isn't finalized?
> >
> > Then KVM provides a dedicated TDX ioctl(), i.e. what is/was KVM_TDX_INIT_MEM_REGION,
> > to do PAGE.ADD. KVM_TDX_INIT_MEM_REGION wouldn't need to map anything, it would
> > simply need to verify that the pfn from guest_memfd() is the same as what's in
> > the TDP MMU.
>
> One small question:
>
> What if the memory region passed to KVM_TDX_INIT_MEM_REGION hasn't been pre-
> populated? If we want to make KVM_TDX_INIT_MEM_REGION work with these regions,
> then we still need to do the real map. Or we can make KVM_TDX_INIT_MEM_REGION
> return error when it finds the region hasn't been pre-populated?
Return an error. I don't love the idea of bleeding so many TDX details into
userspace, but I'm pretty sure that ship sailed a long, long time ago.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-12 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 54+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-01 17:28 [RFC PATCH 0/8] KVM: Prepopulate guest memory API isaku.yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 1/8] KVM: Document KVM_MAP_MEMORY ioctl isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07 0:43 ` David Matlack
2024-03-07 1:29 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-07 12:30 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-07 20:33 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-08 0:20 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-08 0:56 ` David Matlack
2024-03-08 1:28 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-08 2:19 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-10 23:12 ` Michael Roth
2024-03-11 1:05 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-11 1:08 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-12 1:34 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 2/8] KVM: Add KVM_MAP_MEMORY vcpu ioctl to pre-populate guest memory isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07 0:49 ` David Matlack
2024-03-07 2:52 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-07 12:45 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-07 20:41 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-11 17:23 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-11 22:19 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 3/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Introduce initialier macro for struct kvm_page_fault isaku.yamahata
2024-03-11 17:24 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-11 22:56 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 4/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Factor out kvm_mmu_do_page_fault() isaku.yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 5/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Introduce kvm_mmu_map_page() for prepopulating guest memory isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07 0:38 ` David Matlack
2024-03-19 15:53 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-11 17:29 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-11 22:57 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 6/8] KVM: x86: Implement kvm_arch_{, pre_}vcpu_map_memory() isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07 0:30 ` David Matlack
2024-03-07 0:36 ` David Matlack
2024-03-07 1:51 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-19 16:26 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-04-03 23:15 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-07 1:34 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-11 23:26 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-12 12:38 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-12 14:20 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2024-03-12 21:41 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-12 21:46 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-12 23:03 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 7/8] KVM: x86: Add hooks in kvm_arch_vcpu_map_memory() isaku.yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 8/8] KVM: selftests: x86: Add test for KVM_MAP_MEMORY isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07 0:53 ` [RFC PATCH 0/8] KVM: Prepopulate guest memory API David Matlack
2024-03-07 2:09 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-19 16:33 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-04-03 18:30 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-04-03 22:00 ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-04-03 22:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-11 3:20 ` Michael Roth
2024-03-11 23:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-12 1:32 ` Isaku Yamahata
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