linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v19 033/130] KVM: TDX: Add helper function to read TDX metadata in array

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Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2024 10:00:53 -0700
From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
To: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: isaku.yamahata@...el.com, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, isaku.yamahata@...il.com,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, erdemaktas@...gle.com,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
	Sagi Shahar <sagis@...gle.com>, Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
	chen.bo@...el.com, hang.yuan@...el.com, tina.zhang@...el.com,
	isaku.yamahata@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v19 033/130] KVM: TDX: Add helper function to read TDX
 metadata in array

On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 10:35:47PM +0800,
Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 3/14/2024 5:17 PM, Binbin Wu wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > On 2/26/2024 4:25 PM, isaku.yamahata@...el.com wrote:
> > > From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
> > > 
> > > To read meta data in series, use table.
> > > Instead of metadata_read(fid0, &data0); metadata_read(...); ...
> > > table = { {fid0, &data0}, ...}; metadata-read(tables).
> > > TODO: Once the TDX host code introduces its framework to read TDX
> > > metadata,
> > > drop this patch and convert the code that uses this.
> > 
> > Do you mean the patch 1-5 included in this patch set.
> > I think the patch 1-5 of this patch set is doing this thing, right?
> > 
> > Since they are already there, I think you can use them directly in this
> > patch set instead of introducing these temp code?
> I may have some mis-understanding, but I think the TODO has been done,
> right?

I meant the following patch series.
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/cover.1709288433.git.kai.huang@intel.com/

If (the future version of) the patch series doesn't provide a way to read
one metadata with size, we need to keep this patch.
-- 
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>