On 02/03/2017 16:18, Brijesh Singh wrote: > + data = (void *) get_zeroed_page(GFP_KERNEL); The page does not need to be zeroed, does it? > + > + if ((len & 15) || (dst_addr & 15)) { > + /* if destination address and length are not 16-byte > + * aligned then: > + * a) decrypt destination page into temporary buffer > + * b) copy source data into temporary buffer at correct offset > + * c) encrypt temporary buffer > + */ > + ret = __sev_dbg_decrypt_page(kvm, dst_addr, data, &argp->error); Ah, I see now you're using this function here for read-modify-write. data is already pinned here, so even if you keep the function it makes sense to push pinning out of __sev_dbg_decrypt_page and into sev_dbg_decrypt. > + if (ret) > + goto err_3; > + d_off = dst_addr & (PAGE_SIZE - 1); > + > + if (copy_from_user(data + d_off, > + (uint8_t *)debug.src_addr, len)) { > + ret = -EFAULT; > + goto err_3; > + } > + > + encrypt->length = PAGE_SIZE; Why decrypt/re-encrypt all the page instead of just the 16 byte area around the [dst_addr, dst_addr+len) range? > + encrypt->src_addr = __psp_pa(data); > + encrypt->dst_addr = __sev_page_pa(inpages[0]); > + } else { > + if (copy_from_user(data, (uint8_t *)debug.src_addr, len)) { > + ret = -EFAULT; > + goto err_3; > + } Do you need copy_from_user, or can you just pin/unpin memory as for DEBUG_DECRYPT? Paolo > + d_off = dst_addr & (PAGE_SIZE - 1); > + encrypt->length = len; > + encrypt->src_addr = __psp_pa(data); > + encrypt->dst_addr = __sev_page_pa(inpages[0]); > + encrypt->dst_addr += d_off; > + } > + > + encrypt->handle = sev_get_handle(kvm); > + ret = sev_issue_cmd(kvm, SEV_CMD_DBG_ENCRYPT, encrypt, &argp->error);