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From: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>
To: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: pbonzini@redhat.com, dave.hansen@intel.com, seanjc@google.com,
	x86@kernel.org, kas@kernel.org, adrian.hunter@intel.com,
	yan.y.zhao@intel.com, binbin.wu@intel.com, xiaoyao.li@intel.com,
	chao.gao@intel.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	kvm@vger.kernel.org, nik.borisov@suse.com,
	tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/virt/tdx: Drop tdh_phymem_page_wbinvd_*()
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:55:59 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <atdIv8UNaqJ+9Vf6@yilunxu-OptiPlex-7050> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261015191710.3632302-3-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>

> KVM previously needed to call different types of tdh_phymem_page_wbinvd_*()
> helpers for different types of reclaim. So it had a stack of helpers and
> some open coded logic to use them in the rarer TDR reclaim case. Now that
> the wbinvd is gone, the steps for each operation are logically equivalent.
> So collapse the helpers and just call tdx_reclaim_control_page() from the
> TDR reclaim path.
> 
> This unification brings TDR reclaim in line with the behavior of the other
> reclaim paths, by handling TDH.PHYMEM.PAGE.RECLAIM failure by leaking the
> page and setting the TDR page pointer to NULL. This results in reclaim not
> being tried a second time, which is reasonable because the first reclaim
> failing suggests a problem with the TDX module.

Ah, it really is bigger than expected: Removing __tdx_reclaim_page();
unconditionally nullify kvm_tdx->td.tdr_page;

Personally, I would split the helper collapsion into the 3rd patch in
this series. But I'm also good this way.

Reviewed-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-10-20 11:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-10-15 19:17 [PATCH v2 0/2] Drop unneeded cache flushing Rick Edgecombe
2026-10-15 19:17 ` [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/virt/tdx: Drop tdx_clflush_*() Rick Edgecombe
2026-10-20 10:56   ` Xu Yilun
2026-10-15 19:17 ` [PATCH v2 2/2] x86/virt/tdx: Drop tdh_phymem_page_wbinvd_*() Rick Edgecombe
2026-10-20  8:55   ` Binbin Wu
2026-10-20 10:55   ` Xu Yilun [this message]
2026-10-19  8:36 ` [PATCH v2 0/2] Drop unneeded cache flushing Nikolay Borisov
2026-10-21 10:09 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-10-22  9:11 ` Tony Lindgren

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