linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] swiotlb: do not free decrypted pages if dynamic

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Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2023 15:57:55 +0000
From:   "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] swiotlb: do not free decrypted pages if dynamic

On Thu, 2023-11-02 at 10:36 +0100, Petr Tesarik wrote:
> +       vaddr = phys_to_virt(paddr);
>         if (set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)vaddr,
> PFN_UP(bytes)))
>                 goto error;
>         return page;
>  
>  error:
> -       __free_pages(page, order);
> +       /* Intentional leak if pages cannot be encrypted again. */
> +       if (!set_memory_encrypted((unsigned long)vaddr,
> PFN_UP(bytes)))
> +               __free_pages(page, order);
>         return NULL;
>  }

My patch was going to just leak the pages if set_memory_decrypted()
fails, and not try to re-encrypt. It didn't seem worth the extra logic
for the rare case. But this works too.

Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>