Re: [PATCH v5 01/16] x86/mm: Move force_dma_unencrypted() to common code

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On 10/20/21 9:11 AM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
Intel TDX doesn't allow VMM to access guest private memory. Any memory
that is required for communication with VMM must be shared explicitly
by setting the bit in page table entry. After setting the shared bit,
the conversion must be completed with MapGPA hypercall. Details about
MapGPA hypercall can be found in [1], sec 3.2.

The call informs VMM about the conversion between private/shared
mappings. The shared memory is similar to unencrypted memory in AMD
SME/SEV terminology but the underlying process of sharing/un-sharing
the memory is different for Intel TDX guest platform.

SEV assumes that I/O devices can only do DMA to "decrypted" physical
addresses without the C-bit set. In order for the CPU to interact with
this memory, the CPU needs a decrypted mapping. To add this support,
AMD SME code forces force_dma_unencrypted() to return true for
platforms that support AMD SEV feature. It will be used for DMA memory
allocation API to trigger set_memory_decrypted() for platforms that
support AMD SEV feature.

TDX is similar. So, to communicate with I/O devices, related pages need
to be marked as shared. As mentioned above, shared memory in TDX
architecture is similar to decrypted memory in AMD SME/SEV. So similar
to AMD SEV, force_dma_unencrypted() has to forced to return true. This
support is added in other patches in this series.

So move force_dma_unencrypted() out of AMD specific code and call AMD
specific (amd_force_dma_unencrypted()) initialization function from it.
force_dma_unencrypted() will be modified by later patches to include
Intel TDX guest platform specific initialization.

Also, introduce new config option X86_MEM_ENCRYPT_COMMON that has to be
selected by all x86 memory encryption features. This will be selected
by both AMD SEV and Intel TDX guest config options.

This is preparation for TDX changes in DMA code and it has no
functional change.

Can force_dma_unencrypted() be moved to arch/x86/kernel/cc_platform.c, instead of creating a new file? It might fit better with patch #6.

Please check the final version of mem_encrypt_common.c

https://github.com/intel/tdx/blob/guest/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_common.c

I am not sure whether it is alright to move mem_encrypt_init() and
arch_has_restricted_virtio_memory_access() to cc_platform.c

If this is fine, I can get rid of mem_encrypt_common.c

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer



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