linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] virt: tdx-guest: Add Quote generation support

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Date:   Thu, 27 Apr 2023 18:29:07 -0700
From:   Dionna Amalie Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>
To:     Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>,
        Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@...gle.com>,
        Chong Cai <chongc@...gle.com>, Qinkun Bao <qinkun@...che.org>,
        Guorui Yu <GuoRui.Yu@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Du Fan <fan.du@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] virt: tdx-guest: Add Quote generation support

>
> How about the following?
>
> Although this method reserves a fixed chunk of memory for GetQuote
> requests, such one-time allocation is preferable to the alternative
> choice of repeatedly allocating/freeing the shared buffer in the
> TDX_CMD_GET_QUOTE IOCTL handler, which will damage the direct map (because
> the sharing/unsharing process modifies the direct map). This allocation
> model is similar to that used by the AMD SEV guest driver.
>
>

Yes, this is clear, thank you.


-- 
-Dionna Glaze, PhD (she/her)