linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 19/26] x86/tdx: Make pages shared in ioremap()

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Message-ID: <20220105005720.zdtgwenqwqmuyxvi@box.shutemov.name>
Date:   Wed, 5 Jan 2022 03:57:20 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mingo@...hat.com, luto@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com, aarcange@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 19/26] x86/tdx: Make pages shared in ioremap()

On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 04:43:09PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 1/4/22 4:31 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 12:36:06PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> >> @@ -57,7 +58,6 @@ typedef struct { unsigned long iopte; }
> >>  typedef struct { unsigned long pmd; } pmd_t;
> >>  typedef struct { unsigned long pgd; } pgd_t;
> >>  typedef struct { unsigned long ctxd; } ctxd_t;
> >> -typedef struct { unsigned long pgprot; } pgprot_t;
> >>  typedef struct { unsigned long iopgprot; } iopgprot_t;
> >>  
> >>  #define pte_val(x)	((x).pte)
> >> @@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ typedef unsigned long iopte_t;
> >>  typedef unsigned long pmd_t;
> >>  typedef unsigned long pgd_t;
> >>  typedef unsigned long ctxd_t;
> >> -typedef unsigned long pgprot_t;
> >>  typedef unsigned long iopgprot_t;
> >>  
> >>  #define pte_val(x)	(x)
> > 
> > Any arch that use STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS hacks will get broken if compiled
> > without the define (as sparc by default).
> 
> My read of STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS was that "typedef unsigned long
> pgprot_t" produces better code, but "typedef struct { unsigned long
> pgprot; } pgprot_t;" produces better type checking.

Apart from pgprot_t, __pgprot() and pgrot_val() helpers are defined
differently depending on STRICT_MM_TYPECHECKS.

> I just compiled these patches on sparc with no issues.

Hm. I can't see how

#define pgprot_val(x)	(x)

can work to access value for the pgprot_t defined as a struct.

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov