Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH] xen: support 52 bit physical addresses in pv guests

[Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 21/09/17 17:00, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> > > > Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >    arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h | 11 ++++++++++-
> > > >    arch/x86/xen/mmu_pv.c           |  4 ++--
> > > >    2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h
> > > > b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h
> > > > index 07b6531813c4..bcb8b193c8d1 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h
> > > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/xen/page.h
> > > > @@ -26,6 +26,15 @@ typedef struct xpaddr {
> > > >        phys_addr_t paddr;
> > > >    } xpaddr_t;
> > > >    +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > > > +#define XEN_PHYSICAL_MASK    ((1UL << 52) - 1)
> > >
> > > SME is not supported for PV guests but for consistency (and in case sme
> > > bit somehow gets set)
> > > #define XEN_PHYSICAL_MASK    __sme_clr(((1UL << 52) - 1))
> > Hmm, really? Shouldn't we rather add something like
> >
> > BUG_ON(sme_active());
> >
> > somewhere?
> We can do that too.
Please don't do anything to cause Linux to crash if Xen is using SME 
itself, but leaving all of the PV guest unencrypted.
~Andrew

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