linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 10/11] mm: x86: Invoke hypercall when page encryption status is changed

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Date:   Thu, 29 Aug 2019 20:07:17 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     "Singh, Brijesh" <brijesh.singh@....com>
Cc:     "kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        "Lendacky, Thomas" <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 10/11] mm: x86: Invoke hypercall when page encryption
 status is changed

On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 08:13:11PM +0000, Singh, Brijesh wrote:
> @@ -2060,6 +2067,14 @@ static int __set_memory_enc_dec(unsigned long addr, int numpages, bool enc)
>  	 */
>  	cpa_flush(&cpa, 0);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * When SEV is active, notify hypervisor that a given memory range is mapped
> +	 * encrypted or decrypted. Hypervisor will use this information during
> +	 * the VM migration.
> +	 */
> +	if (sev_active())
> +		set_memory_enc_dec_hypercall(addr, numpages << PAGE_SHIFT, enc);

Btw, tglx has a another valid design concern here: why isn't this a
pv_ops thing? So that it is active only when the hypervisor is actually
present?

I know, I know, this will run on SEV guests only because it is all
(hopefully) behind "if (sev_active())" checks but the clean and accepted
design is a paravirt call, I'd say.

Especially if some day other hypervisors should want to run SEV guests
too...

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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