Re: [PATCHv2 00/29] TDX Guest: TDX core support

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Wed Feb 16 2022 - 10:54:12 EST


On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 09:36:57PM +0100, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> + SEV guys. You can scroll upthread to read up on the context.
>
> On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 08:07:52PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > Don't forget :-)
> >
> > arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c - KVM guest stuff
>
> I knew I'd miss something, ofc.
>
> > No objection to omitting "coco". Though what about using "vmx" and "svm" instead
> > of "tdx" and "sev".
>
> I'm not dead-set on this but ...
>
> > We lose the more explicit tie to coco, but it would mirror the
> > sub-directories in arch/x86/kvm/
>
> ... having them too close in naming to the non-coco stuff, might cause
> confusion when looking at:
>
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>
> vs
>
> arch/x86/virt/vmx/vmx.c
>
> Instead of having
>
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>
> and
>
> arch/x86/virt/tdx/vmx.c
>
> That second version differs just the right amount. :-)
>
> > and would avoid a mess in the scenario where tdx
> > or sev needs to share code with the non-coco side, e.g. I'm guessing TDX will need
> > to do VMXON.
> >
> > arch/x86/virt/vmx/
> > tdx.c
> > vmx.c
> >
> > arch/x86/virt/svm/
> > sev.c
> > sev-es.c
> > sev-snp.c
> > svm.c
>
> That will probably be two files too: sev.c and svm.c
>
> But let's see what the other folks think first...

So, any conclusion?

I want to understand where to land TDX guest code and host-guest shared TDX code.
Host-guest shared code doesn't seem to fit anywhere nicely.

Or should I leave it under arch/x86/kernel until decision is made?

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Kirill A. Shutemov