Re: [PATCH v5 08/14] x86/mm: Add generic guest initialization hook

From: Nikunj A. Dadhania
Date: Thu Nov 02 2023 - 00:30:58 EST


On 10/30/2023 10:53 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 10/29/23 23:36, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
>> index a37ebd3b4773..a07985a96ca5 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
>> @@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ static bool enc_status_change_finish_noop(unsigned long vaddr, int npages, bool
>> static bool enc_tlb_flush_required_noop(bool enc) { return false; }
>> static bool enc_cache_flush_required_noop(void) { return false; }
>> static bool is_private_mmio_noop(u64 addr) {return false; }
>> +static void enc_init_noop(void) { }
>>
>> struct x86_platform_ops x86_platform __ro_after_init = {
>> .calibrate_cpu = native_calibrate_cpu_early,
>> @@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ struct x86_platform_ops x86_platform __ro_after_init = {
>> .enc_status_change_finish = enc_status_change_finish_noop,
>> .enc_tlb_flush_required = enc_tlb_flush_required_noop,
>> .enc_cache_flush_required = enc_cache_flush_required_noop,
>> + .enc_init = enc_init_noop,
>> },
>> };
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
>> index 9f27e14e185f..01abecc9a774 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c
>> @@ -84,5 +84,8 @@ void __init mem_encrypt_init(void)
>> /* Call into SWIOTLB to update the SWIOTLB DMA buffers */
>> swiotlb_update_mem_attributes();
>>
>> + if (x86_platform.guest.enc_init)
>> + x86_platform.guest.enc_init();
>> +
>> print_mem_encrypt_feature_info();
>> }
>
> How does '.enc_init' ever get set to NULL? Isn't the point of having
> and using a 'noop' function so that you don't have to do NULL checks?

True, I will remove the check.

Regards
Nikunj