linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v5 045/104] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: make REMOVED_SPTE include shadow

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Date:   Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:30:20 +1200
From:   Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>
To:     isaku.yamahata@...el.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     isaku.yamahata@...il.com, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, erdemaktas@...gle.com,
        Connor Kuehl <ckuehl@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 045/104] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: make REMOVED_SPTE
 include shadow_initial value

On Fri, 2022-03-04 at 11:49 -0800, isaku.yamahata@...el.com wrote:
> From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
> 
> TDP MMU uses REMOVED_SPTE = 0x5a0ULL as special constant to indicate the
> intermediate value to indicate one thread is operating on it and the value
> should be semi-arbitrary value.  For TDX (more correctly to use #VE), the
> value should include suppress #VE value which is shadow_init_value.
> 
> Define SHADOW_REMOVED_SPTE as shadow_init_value | REMOVED_SPTE, and replace
> REMOVED_SPTE with SHADOW_REMOVED_SPTE to use suppress #VE bit properly for
> TDX.

Like we discussed, this patch should be merged with patch "KVM: x86/mmu: Allow
non-zero init value for shadow PTE".


-- 
Thanks,
-Kai