Re: [PATCH v11 013/113] x86/cpu: Add helper functions to allocate/free TDX private host key id

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Jan 13 2023 - 10:29:37 EST


On Fri, Jan 13, 2023, Zhi Wang wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:31:21 -0800 isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > @@ -132,6 +136,31 @@ static struct notifier_block tdx_memory_nb = {
> > .notifier_call = tdx_memory_notifier,
> > };
> >
> > +/* TDX KeyID pool */
> > +static DEFINE_IDA(tdx_keyid_pool);
> > +
> > +int tdx_keyid_alloc(void)
> > +{
> > + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!tdx_keyid_start || !nr_tdx_keyids))
> > + return -EINVAL;
>
> Better mention that tdx_keyid_start and nr_tdx_keyids are defined in
> another patches.

Eh, no need. That sort of information doesn't belong in the changelog because
when this code is merged it will be a natural sequence. The cover letter
explicitly calls out that this needs the kernel patches[*]. A footnote could be
added, but asking Isaku and co. to document every external dependency is asking
too much IMO.

[*] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/cover.1670566861.git.kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx