From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
luto@kernel.org, peterz@infradead.org
Cc: sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com, ak@linux.intel.com,
dan.j.williams@intel.com, david@redhat.com, hpa@zytor.com,
seanjc@google.com, thomas.lendacky@amd.com,
elena.reshetova@intel.com, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/tdx: Extract GET_INFO call from get_cc_mask()
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 16:27:10 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c97e9273-60b6-2ca7-1993-05bfbf471f3f@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221028141220.29217-2-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
I looked at this a bit more closely. The code is just bonkers now. It
can't go in like this.
tdx_parse_tdinfo() stashes two global variables. Then, about three
lines later in the function, it calls get_cc_mask() which just returns
one of those variables, modulo a little masking.
Ditto for the td_attr. It's stashed in a global variable and then read
one time.
There is *ZERO* reason to store 'td_attr'. There's also zero reason to
have 'gpa_width' as a global variable. It's only used *ONE* *TIME* from
the scope of *ONE* *FUNCTION*.
Even the comment is bonkers:
/*
* Initializes gpa_width and td_attr. Must be called before
* get_cc_mask() or attribute checks.
*/
tdx_parse_tdinfo();
Comments are great. But comments that are only there because the code
is obtuse are not. I changed it to:
tdx_parse_tdinfo(&cc_mask);
It doesn't even need a comment now. Why? Because it's obvious from the
naming and calling convention that it initializes cc_mask and what the
ordering dependency is. Plus, even *if* I missed the call, or screwed
up the order, the compiler would tell me that I'm a dolt.
The whole global variable thing actually makes the code objectively
worse in almost every possible way.
Can you please take a look through this and make sure I didn't botch
anything:
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/daveh/devel.git/log/?h=tdxbadve
The end result is about 50 lines less than what was there before. Most
of it is comment removal but the code is simpler too.
Acks and Tested-by's would be appreciated.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-28 23:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-28 14:12 [PATCH 0/2] x86/tdx: Enforce no #VE on private memory accesses Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-10-28 14:12 ` [PATCH 1/2] x86/tdx: Extract GET_INFO call from get_cc_mask() Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-10-28 15:43 ` Dave Hansen
2022-10-28 23:27 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2022-10-28 23:59 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-10-31 4:12 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-10-31 16:42 ` Dave Hansen
2022-10-31 19:19 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-10-31 19:27 ` Andi Kleen
2022-10-31 19:44 ` Dave Hansen
2022-10-31 22:10 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-10-28 14:12 ` [PATCH 2/2] x86/tdx: Do not allow #VE due to EPT violation on the private memory Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-10-28 15:41 ` Dave Hansen
2022-10-31 4:07 ` Guorui Yu
2022-10-31 4:33 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2022-10-31 14:22 ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-04 22:36 ` Erdem Aktas
2022-11-04 22:50 ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-07 22:53 ` Erdem Aktas
2022-11-07 23:30 ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-07 5:10 ` Guorui Yu
2022-11-07 13:31 ` Dave Hansen
2022-11-07 13:43 ` Guorui Yu
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