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From: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com>
To: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
	"Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
	"seanjc@google.com" <seanjc@google.com>,
	"bp@alien8.de" <bp@alien8.de>,
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	"kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com"
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	"tglx@linutronix.de" <tglx@linutronix.de>,
	"pbonzini@redhat.com" <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: "nik.borisov@suse.com" <nik.borisov@suse.com>,
	"Hunter, Adrian" <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"Yamahata, Isaku" <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 0/9] TDX host: metadata reading tweaks and bug fixes
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2024 11:40:55 +1300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <45a8ac0d-9f79-405a-80a4-40f5886c3bde@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1e00cac3164ea0f20ba2cd68e3f4790c6f1da091.camel@intel.com>


> So I think it is not part of the "bare minimum". I don't have any objection with
> it going upstream with rest of this series if it doesn't delay it. But I want to
> make sure we don't have any more confusion that will cause further delays.

We have two issues that need to be addressed.  Addressing them could 
bring the infrastructure that is needed for KVM TDX as well, so this is 
the "minimal code" given the goal I want to achieve here.

> 
>> 2) Some old modules can clobber host's RBP when existing from the TDX
>>     guest, and currently they can be initialized successfully.  We don't
>>     want to use such modules thus we should just fail to initialize them
>>     to avoid memory/cpu cycle cost of initializing TDX module [2].
> 
> I think we need RBP MOD for basic support, or it may cause crashes when we start
> booting TDs.
> 
> Does all that seem correct?

We will need additional patch to save/restore RBP.  The more important 
thing is it's naturally bad, due to the thing that I mentioned in that 
patch:

"...clobbering RBP could result in bad things like being unable to 
unwind the stack if any non-maskable exceptions (NMI, #MC etc) happens 
in that gap."



  reply	other threads:[~2024-11-13 22:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-11-13 11:57 Kai Huang
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 1/9] x86/virt/tdx: Rename 'struct tdx_tdmr_sysinfo' to reflect the spec better Kai Huang
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 2/9] x86/virt/tdx: Start to track all global metadata in one structure Kai Huang
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 3/9] x86/virt/tdx: Use auto-generated code to read global metadata Kai Huang
2024-12-13 11:17   ` Huang, Kai
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 4/9] x86/virt/tdx: Use dedicated struct members for PAMT entry sizes Kai Huang
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 5/9] x86/virt/tdx: Add missing header file inclusion to local tdx.h Kai Huang
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 6/9] x86/virt/tdx: Switch to use auto-generated global metadata reading code Kai Huang
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 7/9] x86/virt/tdx: Trim away tail null CMRs Kai Huang
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 8/9] x86/virt/tdx: Reduce TDMR's reserved areas by using CMRs to find memory holes Kai Huang
2024-12-04 14:22   ` Huang, Kai
2024-12-05 12:45     ` Huang, Kai
2024-12-05 12:40   ` [PATCH v8 8.1/9] " Kai Huang
2024-12-05 18:10     ` Dave Hansen
2024-12-06  2:45       ` Huang, Kai
2024-12-09  6:57       ` Huang, Kai
2024-12-09  6:50   ` [PATCH v8 8.2/9] " Kai Huang
2024-12-09 22:54     ` Dave Hansen
2024-12-10  2:26       ` Huang, Kai
2024-12-10  2:46         ` Dan Williams
2024-12-10  4:24           ` Huang, Kai
2024-12-10 16:58             ` Dave Hansen
2024-12-11  4:34               ` Huang, Kai
2024-11-13 11:57 ` [PATCH v8 9/9] x86/virt/tdx: Require the module to assert it has the NO_RBP_MOD mitigation Kai Huang
2024-11-13 22:25 ` [PATCH v8 0/9] TDX host: metadata reading tweaks and bug fixes Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-11-13 22:40   ` Huang, Kai [this message]
2024-11-13 22:53     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-11-13 23:35       ` Huang, Kai

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