Re: [PATCH V4 1/2] x86/tdx: Eliminate duplicate code in tdx_clear_page()
From: Adrian Hunter
Date: Wed Jul 23 2025 - 10:39:19 EST
On 23/07/2025 17:06, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> On Wed, 2025-07-23 at 15:05 +0300, Adrian Hunter wrote:
>>
>> +void tdx_quirk_reset_page(struct page *page)
>> +{
>> + tdx_quirk_reset_paddr(page_to_phys(page), PAGE_SIZE);
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tdx_quirk_reset_page);
>> +
>> static void tdmr_reset_pamt(struct tdmr_info *tdmr)
>> {
>> - tdmr_do_pamt_func(tdmr, reset_tdx_pages);
>> + tdmr_do_pamt_func(tdmr, tdx_quirk_reset_paddr);
>> }
>>
>
> Up the call chain there is:
> /*
> * According to the TDX hardware spec, if the platform
> * doesn't have the "partial write machine check"
> * erratum, any kernel read/write will never cause #MC
> * in kernel space, thus it's OK to not convert PAMTs
> * back to normal. But do the conversion anyway here
> * as suggested by the TDX spec.
> */
> tdmrs_reset_pamt_all(&tdx_tdmr_list);
>
>
> So the comment says it's going to clear it even if partial write machine check
> is not present. Then the call chain goes through a bunch of functions not named
> "quirk", then finally calls "tdx_quirk_reset_paddr" which actually skips the
> page clearing.
>
> I think you need to either fix the comment and rename the whole stack to
> "tdx_quirk_...", or make tdx_quirk_reset_page() be the one that has the errata
> check, and the error path above call the PA version reset_tdx_pages() without
> the errata check.
>
> The latter seems better to me for the sake of less churn.
Why make tdx_quirk_reset_page() and tdx_quirk_reset_paddr() follow
different rules.
How about this:
From: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/tdx: Tidy reset_pamt functions
Rename reset_pamt functions to contain "quirk" to reflect the new
functionality, and remove the now misleading comment.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c | 16 ++++------------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
index ef22fc2b9af0..823850399bb7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -664,17 +664,17 @@ void tdx_quirk_reset_page(struct page *page)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tdx_quirk_reset_page);
-static void tdmr_reset_pamt(struct tdmr_info *tdmr)
+static void tdmr_quirk_reset_pamt(struct tdmr_info *tdmr)
{
tdmr_do_pamt_func(tdmr, tdx_quirk_reset_paddr);
}
-static void tdmrs_reset_pamt_all(struct tdmr_info_list *tdmr_list)
+static void tdmrs_quirk_reset_pamt_all(struct tdmr_info_list *tdmr_list)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < tdmr_list->nr_consumed_tdmrs; i++)
- tdmr_reset_pamt(tdmr_entry(tdmr_list, i));
+ tdmr_quirk_reset_pamt(tdmr_entry(tdmr_list, i));
}
static unsigned long tdmrs_count_pamt_kb(struct tdmr_info_list *tdmr_list)
@@ -1146,15 +1146,7 @@ static int init_tdx_module(void)
* to the kernel.
*/
wbinvd_on_all_cpus();
- /*
- * According to the TDX hardware spec, if the platform
- * doesn't have the "partial write machine check"
- * erratum, any kernel read/write will never cause #MC
- * in kernel space, thus it's OK to not convert PAMTs
- * back to normal. But do the conversion anyway here
- * as suggested by the TDX spec.
- */
- tdmrs_reset_pamt_all(&tdx_tdmr_list);
+ tdmrs_quirk_reset_pamt_all(&tdx_tdmr_list);
err_free_pamts:
tdmrs_free_pamt_all(&tdx_tdmr_list);
err_free_tdmrs:
--
2.48.1