linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] x86/virt/tdx: Add helpers to allow for pre-allocating pages

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Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:58:41 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 12/16] x86/virt/tdx: Add helpers to allow for
 pre-allocating pages

On Tue, 2026-01-20 at 16:52 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> The caller passed in number of pages to be added as @cnt, don't hardcode what
> could be conflicting information.  If the caller wants to add 50 pages, then this
> code damn well needs to prepare for adding 50 pages, not 5.

Doh, yes totally.