Re: [RFC PATCH v5 058/104] KVM: x86/mmu: Focibly use TDP MMU for TDX

From: Kai Huang
Date: Wed Apr 06 2022 - 21:49:57 EST


On Fri, 2022-03-04 at 11:49 -0800, isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> At this point, TDX supports TDP MMU and doesn't support legacy MMU.
> Forcibly use TDP MMU for TDX irrelevant of kernel parameter to disable
> TDP MMU.
>
> Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> index b33ace3d4456..9df6aa4da202 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> @@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ module_param_named(tdp_mmu, tdp_mmu_enabled, bool, 0644);
> /* Initializes the TDP MMU for the VM, if enabled. */
> bool kvm_mmu_init_tdp_mmu(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> - if (!tdp_enabled || !READ_ONCE(tdp_mmu_enabled))
> + /*
> + * Because TDX supports only TDP MMU, forcibly use TDP MMU in the case
> + * of TDX.
> + */
> + if (kvm->arch.vm_type != KVM_X86_TDX_VM &&
> + (!tdp_enabled || !READ_ONCE(tdp_mmu_enabled)))
> return false;
>
> /* This should not be changed for the lifetime of the VM. */

Please move this patch forward before introducing any private/shared mapping
support, otherwise nothing prevents you from creating a TD against legacy MMU,
which is broken (especially you have allowed userspace to create TD in patch 10
"KVM: TDX: Make TDX VM type supported").

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Thanks,
-Kai