Re: [PATCH v19 023/130] KVM: TDX: Initialize the TDX module when loading the KVM intel kernel module

[Isaku Yamahata]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2024 at 10:05:35AM +0800,
Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > index 18cecf12c7c8..18aef6e23aab 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > @@ -6,6 +6,22 @@
> >   #include "nested.h"
> >   #include "pmu.h"
> > +static bool enable_tdx __ro_after_init;
> > +module_param_named(tdx, enable_tdx, bool, 0444);
> > +
> > +static __init int vt_hardware_setup(void)
> > +{
> > +	int ret;
> > +
> > +	ret = vmx_hardware_setup();
> > +	if (ret)
> > +		return ret;
> > +
> > +	enable_tdx = enable_tdx && !tdx_hardware_setup(&vt_x86_ops);
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> >   #define VMX_REQUIRED_APICV_INHIBITS				\
> >   	(BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_DISABLE)|			\
> >   	 BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_ABSENT) |			\
> > @@ -22,6 +38,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops vt_x86_ops __initdata = {
> >   	.hardware_unsetup = vmx_hardware_unsetup,
> > +	/* TDX cpu enablement is done by tdx_hardware_setup(). */
> 
> How about if there are some LPs that are offline.
> In tdx_hardware_setup(), only online LPs are initialed for TDX, right?

Correct.


> Then when an offline LP becoming online, it doesn't have a chance to call
> tdx_cpu_enable()?

KVM registers kvm_online/offline_cpu() @ kvm_main.c as cpu hotplug callbacks.
Eventually x86 kvm hardware_enable() is called on online/offline event.
-- 
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>