From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
To: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>, <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
<kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>, <tglx@linutronix.de>,
<bp@alien8.de>, <peterz@infradead.org>, <mingo@redhat.com>,
<hpa@zytor.com>, <dan.j.williams@intel.com>, <seanjc@google.com>,
<pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: <x86@kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<kvm@vger.kernel.org>, <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>,
<isaku.yamahata@intel.com>, <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
<nik.borisov@suse.com>, <kai.huang@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 04/10] x86/virt/tdx: Use dedicated struct members for PAMT entry sizes
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 14:51:44 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <67200770bea9b_bc69d2947d@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e1f311a32a1721cb138982d475515e24f18e4edb.1730118186.git.kai.huang@intel.com>
Kai Huang wrote:
> Currently, the 'struct tdmr_sys_info_tdmr' which includes TDMR related
> fields defines the PAMT entry sizes for TDX supported page sizes (4KB,
> 2MB and 1GB) as an array:
>
> struct tdx_sys_info_tdmr {
> ...
> u16 pamt_entry_sizes[TDX_PS_NR];
> };
>
> PAMT entry sizes are needed when allocating PAMTs for each TDMR. Using
> the array to contain PAMT entry sizes reduces the number of arguments
> that need to be passed when calling tdmr_set_up_pamt(). It also makes
> the code pattern like below clearer:
>
> for (pgsz = TDX_PS_4K; pgsz < TDX_PS_NR; pgsz++) {
> pamt_size[pgsz] = tdmr_get_pamt_sz(tdmr, pgsz,
> pamt_entry_size[pgsz]);
> tdmr_pamt_size += pamt_size[pgsz];
> }
>
> However, the auto-generated metadata reading code generates a structure
> member for each field. The 'global_metadata.json' has a dedicated field
> for each PAMT entry size, and the new 'struct tdx_sys_info_tdmr' looks
> like:
>
> struct tdx_sys_info_tdmr {
> ...
> u16 pamt_4k_entry_size;
> u16 pamt_2m_entry_size;
> u16 pamt_1g_entry_size;
> };
>
> To prepare to use the auto-generated code, make the existing 'struct
> tdx_sys_info_tdmr' look like the generated one. But when passing to
> tdmrs_set_up_pamt_all(), build a local array of PAMT entry sizes from
> the structure so the code to allocate PAMTs can stay the same.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Makes sense to align with the autogenerated code to reduce maintenance/review
fatigue going forward.
Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-10-28 21:51 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-10-28 12:41 [PATCH v6 00/10] TDX host: metadata reading tweaks, bug fix and info dump Kai Huang
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 01/10] x86/virt/tdx: Rename 'struct tdx_tdmr_sysinfo' to reflect the spec better Kai Huang
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 02/10] x86/virt/tdx: Start to track all global metadata in one structure Kai Huang
2024-10-28 21:37 ` Dan Williams
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 03/10] x86/virt/tdx: Use auto-generated code to read global metadata Kai Huang
2024-10-28 21:46 ` Dan Williams
2024-10-28 22:47 ` Huang, Kai
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 04/10] x86/virt/tdx: Use dedicated struct members for PAMT entry sizes Kai Huang
2024-10-28 13:29 ` Nikolay Borisov
2024-10-28 21:51 ` Dan Williams [this message]
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 05/10] x86/virt/tdx: Add missing header file inclusion to local tdx.h Kai Huang
2024-10-28 13:35 ` Nikolay Borisov
2024-10-28 21:55 ` Dan Williams
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 06/10] x86/virt/tdx: Switch to use auto-generated global metadata reading code Kai Huang
2024-10-28 14:55 ` Nikolay Borisov
2024-10-28 22:08 ` Dan Williams
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 07/10] x86/virt/tdx: Trim away tail null CMRs Kai Huang
2024-10-28 22:12 ` Dan Williams
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 08/10] x86/virt/tdx: Reduce TDMR's reserved areas by using CMRs to find memory holes Kai Huang
2024-10-28 22:26 ` Dan Williams
2024-10-28 23:22 ` Huang, Kai
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 09/10] x86/virt/tdx: Require the module to assert it has the NO_RBP_MOD mitigation Kai Huang
2024-10-28 12:41 ` [PATCH v6 10/10] x86/virt/tdx: Print TDX module version Kai Huang
2024-10-28 22:36 ` Dan Williams
2024-10-28 22:59 ` Huang, Kai
2024-10-28 17:59 ` [PATCH v6 00/10] TDX host: metadata reading tweaks, bug fix and info dump Paolo Bonzini
2024-10-28 21:50 ` Huang, Kai
2024-10-28 18:35 ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-10-28 21:39 ` Huang, Kai
2024-10-29 0:23 ` Huang, Kai
2024-10-30 14:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-10-30 20:40 ` Huang, Kai
2024-10-31 10:44 ` [PATCH 9/8] x86/virt/tdx: Add the global metadata code generation script Kai Huang
2024-11-06 11:00 ` [PATCH v6 00/10] TDX host: metadata reading tweaks, bug fix and info dump Huang, Kai
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