Re: [RFC v2 26/32] x86/mm: Move force_dma_unencrypted() to common code

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Mon May 17 2021 - 14:17:01 EST


On Thu, May 13, 2021, Andi Kleen wrote:
>
> On 5/13/2021 10:49 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> > On 5/13/21 9:40 AM, Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> > > +#define PROTECTED_GUEST_BITMAP_LEN    128
> > > +
> > > +/* Protected Guest vendor types */
> > > +#define GUEST_TYPE_TDX            (1)
> > > +#define GUEST_TYPE_SEV            (2)
> > > +
> > > +/* Protected Guest features */
> > > +#define MEMORY_ENCRYPTION        (20)
> > I was assuming we'd reuse the X86_FEATURE infrastructure somehow. Is
> > there a good reason not to?
>
> This for generic code. Would be a gigantic lift and lots of refactoring to
> move that out.

What generic code needs access to SEV vs. TDX? force_dma_unencrypted() is called
from generic code, but its implementation is x86 specific.

> > That gives us all the compile-time optimization (via
> > en/disabled-features.h) and static branches for "free".
>
> There's no user so far which is anywhere near performance critical, so that
> would be total overkil

SEV already has the sev_enable_key static key that it uses for unrolling string
I/O, so there's at least one (debatable) case that wants to use static branches.

For SEV-ES and TDX, there's a better argument as using X86_FEATURE_* would unlock
alternatives.

> BTW right now I'm not even sure we need the bitmap for anything, but I guess
> it doesn't hurt.
>
> -Andi
>
>