[PATCHv6 10/16] x86/tdx: Convert shared memory back to private on kexec
Kalra, Ashish
ashish.kalra at amd.com
Mon Jan 29 05:09:37 PST 2024
Hello Kirill,
On 1/29/2024 4:36 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 04:24:09AM -0600, Kalra, Ashish wrote:
>> In case of SNP and crash/kdump case, we need to prevent the boot_ghcb being
>> converted to shared (in snp_kexec_unshare_mem()) as the boot_ghcb is
>> required to handle all I/O for disabling IO-APIC/lapic, hpet, etc., as the
>> enc_kexec_unshare_mem() callback is invoked before the apics, hpet, etc. are
>> disabled.
>>
>> Is there any reason why enc_kexec_unshare_mem() callback is invoked in crash
>> case before the IO-APIC/lapic, hpet, etc. are shutdown/disabled ?
> Not really. Either way works for TDX. I've tested the patch below. Is it
> what you want?
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> index 6585a5f2c2ba..3001f4857ed7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/crash.c
> @@ -107,11 +107,6 @@ void native_machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
>
> crash_smp_send_stop();
>
> - if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT)) {
> - x86_platform.guest.enc_kexec_stop_conversion(true);
> - x86_platform.guest.enc_kexec_unshare_mem();
> - }
> -
> cpu_emergency_disable_virtualization();
>
> /*
> @@ -129,6 +124,12 @@ void native_machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
> #ifdef CONFIG_HPET_TIMER
> hpet_disable();
> #endif
> +
> + if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT)) {
> + x86_platform.guest.enc_kexec_stop_conversion(true);
> + x86_platform.guest.enc_kexec_unshare_mem();
> + }
> +
> crash_save_cpu(regs, safe_smp_processor_id());
> }
>
Yes, this will work for SNP.
Thanks, Ashish
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