Re: [PATCH v8 05/30] KVM: selftests: Update kvm_init_vm_address_properties() for TDX

From: Sagi Shahar
Date: Fri Aug 15 2025 - 00:32:29 EST


On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 1:34 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Aug 07, 2025, Sagi Shahar wrote:
> > From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Let kvm_init_vm_address_properties() initialize vm->arch.{s_bit, tag_mask}
> > similar to SEV.
> >
> > Set shared bit position based on guest maximum physical address width
> > instead of maximum physical address width, because that is what KVM
> > uses,
>
> "because KVM does it" is not an acceptable explanation.
>
> > refer to setup_tdparams_eptp_controls(), and because maximum physical
> > address width can be different.
> >
> > In the case of SRF, guest maximum physical address width is 48 because SRF
> > does not support 5-level EPT, even though the maximum physical address
> > width is 52.
>
> Referencing a specific Intel microarchitecture is not proper justification for
> why something is supported/legal/correct. Using its three-letter acronym is
> just icing on the cake.
>
> > Co-developed-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Sagi Shahar <sagis@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c | 9 +++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
> > index d082d429e127..5718b5911b0a 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86/processor.c
> > @@ -1166,10 +1166,19 @@ void kvm_get_cpu_address_width(unsigned int *pa_bits, unsigned int *va_bits)
> >
> > void kvm_init_vm_address_properties(struct kvm_vm *vm)
> > {
> > + uint32_t gpa_bits = kvm_cpu_property(X86_PROPERTY_GUEST_MAX_PHY_ADDR);
> > +
> > if (is_sev_vm(vm)) {
> > vm->arch.sev_fd = open_sev_dev_path_or_exit();
> > vm->arch.c_bit = BIT_ULL(this_cpu_property(X86_PROPERTY_SEV_C_BIT));
> > vm->gpa_tag_mask = vm->arch.c_bit;
> > + } else if (vm->type == KVM_X86_TDX_VM) {
>
> Please add an is_tdx_vm() helper.
>
> > + TEST_ASSERT(gpa_bits == 48 || gpa_bits == 52,
> > + "TDX: bad X86_PROPERTY_GUEST_MAX_PHY_ADDR value: %u", gpa_bits);
> > + vm->arch.sev_fd = -1;
> > + vm->arch.s_bit = 1ULL << (gpa_bits - 1);
> > + vm->arch.c_bit = 0;
>
> The VM is zero-initialized, no need to set c_bit.
>
> > + vm->gpa_tag_mask = vm->arch.s_bit;
> > } else {
> > vm->arch.sev_fd = -1;
>
> I think it makes sense to set sev_fd to -1 by default instead of duplicating the
> non-SEV logic into all non-SEV paths. SEV VMs will write it twice, but that's a
> non-issue. E.g.
>
> vm->arch.sev_fd = -1;
>
> if (is_sev_vm(vm)) {
> vm->arch.sev_fd = open_sev_dev_path_or_exit();
> vm->arch.c_bit = BIT_ULL(this_cpu_property(X86_PROPERTY_SEV_C_BIT));
> vm->gpa_tag_mask = vm->arch.c_bit;
> } else if (is_tdx_vm(vm)) {
> TEST_ASSERT(gpa_bits == 48 || gpa_bits == 52,
> "TDX: bad X86_PROPERTY_GUEST_MAX_PHY_ADDR value: %u", gpa_bits);
> vm->arch.s_bit = 1ULL << (gpa_bits - 1);
> vm->gpa_tag_mask = vm->arch.s_bit;
> }
>

Thanks for all the suggestions. I will incorporate them in the next version.