Re: [PATCH v8 13/40] x86/kernel: Make the bss.decrypted section shared in RMP table

[Dave Hansen]

On 1/5/22 11:52, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> > >           for (; vaddr < vaddr_end; vaddr += PMD_SIZE) {
> > > +            /*
> > > +             * When SEV-SNP is active then transition the page to shared in the RMP
> > > +             * table so that it is consistent with the page table attribute change.
> > > +             */
> > > +            early_snp_set_memory_shared(__pa(vaddr), __pa(vaddr), PTRS_PER_PMD);
> >
> > Shouldn't the first argument be vaddr as below?
>
> Nope, sme_postprocess_startup() is called while we are fixing the 
> initial page table and running with identity mapping (so va == pa).

I'm not sure I've ever seen a line of code that wanted a comment so badly.