linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv6 02/15] mm: Add support for unaccepted memory

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Date:   Tue, 17 May 2022 10:45:16 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
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        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
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        x86@...nel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev,
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        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 02/15] mm: Add support for unaccepted memory

On Tue, 17 May 2022 18:34:31 +0300 "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> UEFI Specification version 2.9 introduces the concept of memory
> acceptance. Some Virtual Machine platforms, such as Intel TDX or AMD
> SEV-SNP, require memory to be accepted before it can be used by the
> guest. Accepting happens via a protocol specific to the Virtual Machine
> platform.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/include/linux/page-flags.h
> +++ b/include/linux/page-flags.h
> @@ -928,6 +928,14 @@ static inline bool is_page_hwpoison(struct page *page)
>  #define PG_offline	0x00000100
>  #define PG_table	0x00000200
>  #define PG_guard	0x00000400
> +#define PG_unaccepted	0x00000800

"For pages that are never mapped to userspace (and aren't PageSlab),
page_type may be used."

Is that true of these pages?