[PATCH v3 13/25] KVM: TDX: Fold tdx_mem_page_record_premap_cnt() into its sole caller
Binbin Wu
binbin.wu at linux.intel.com
Fri Oct 24 18:38:43 AEDT 2025
On 10/17/2025 8:32 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Fold tdx_mem_page_record_premap_cnt() into tdx_sept_set_private_spte() as
> providing a one-off helper for effectively three lines of code is at best a
> wash, and splitting the code makes the comment for smp_rmb() _extremely_
> confusing as the comment talks about reading kvm->arch.pre_fault_allowed
> before kvm_tdx->state, but the immediately visible code does the exact
> opposite.
>
> Opportunistically rewrite the comments to more explicitly explain who is
> checking what, as well as _why_ the ordering matters.
>
> No functional change intended.
>
> Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe at intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu at linux.intel.com>
One nit below.
[...]
> + /*
> + * If the TD isn't finalized/runnable, then userspace is initializing
> + * the VM image via KVM_TDX_INIT_MEM_REGION. Increment the number of
> + * pages that need to be mapped and initialized via TDH.MEM.PAGE.ADD.
> + * KVM_TDX_FINALIZE_VM checks the counter to ensure all mapped pages
^
Nit: Is pre-mapped better?
> + * have been added to the image, to prevent running the TD with a
> + * valid mapping in the mirror EPT, but not in the S-EPT.
> + */
> + if (unlikely(kvm_tdx->state != TD_STATE_RUNNABLE)) {
> + if (KVM_BUG_ON(kvm->arch.pre_fault_allowed, kvm))
> + return -EIO;
> +
> + atomic64_inc(&kvm_tdx->nr_premapped);
> + return 0;
> + }
> +
> + return tdx_mem_page_aug(kvm, gfn, level, pfn);
> }
>
> static int tdx_sept_link_private_spt(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
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