linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 12/28] KVM: TDX: WARN if mirror SPTE doesn't have full RWX when creating S-EPT mapping

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Message-ID: <af023723-63d5-46d3-85bb-c2d2dcfe7b15@linux.intel.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2025 16:19:18 +0800
From: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@...ux.intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 12/28] KVM: TDX: WARN if mirror SPTE doesn't have full
 RWX when creating S-EPT mapping

On 10/31/2025 4:09 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Pass in the mirror_spte to kvm_x86_ops.set_external_spte() to provide
> symmetry with .remove_external_spte(), and assert in TDX that the mirror
> SPTE is shadow-present with full RWX permissions (the TDX-Module doesn't
> allow the hypervisor to control protections).
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@...ux.intel.com>