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Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 16:47:25 +0300
From: "kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To: "Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 07/12] x86/tdx: Make TDX_HYPERCALL asm similar to
TDX_MODULE_CALL
On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 12:41:25PM +0000, Huang, Kai wrote:
> On Thu, 2023-08-03 at 15:12 +0300, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 03, 2023 at 11:56:40AM +0000, Huang, Kai wrote:
> > > On Thu, 2023-08-03 at 14:45 +0300, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com wrote:
> > > > > > I would rather keep the struct
> > > > > > read-only where possible.
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > We can achieve this if there's a clean way to do, but I don't see that.
> > > >
> > > > Keep _ret() and non-_ret() versions?
> > >
> > > The problem is the assembly needs to always turn on the "\ret" so that the R10
> > > (used as VP.VMCALL leaf return code) can be saved to the structure. Otherwise
> > > we are not able to return VP.VMCALL leaf return code.
> >
> > Yeah. This is downside of single assembly macro for all calls.
> >
> > One possible way is to make it in C: non-_ret() version pass to the
> > assembly helper copy of the caller's struct, keeping original intact.
> > But, yeah, it is ugly.
> >
>
> You sure you want to do this? :-)
No, I am not.
Maybe somebody else has better ideas.
--
Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov
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