Re: [PATCH 21/70] x86/boot/compressed/64: Add function to map a page unencrypted
From: Dave Hansen <hidden>
Date: 2020-03-20 21:02:17
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From: Dave Hansen <hidden>
Date: 2020-03-20 21:02:17
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On 3/20/20 1:53 PM, David Rientjes wrote:
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+ + /* Clear encryption flag and write new pte */ + pte = pte_clear_flags(*ptep, _PAGE_ENC); + set_pte(ptep, pte); + + /* Flush TLB to map the page unencrypted */ + write_cr3(top_level_pgt); +Is there a guarantee that this flushes the tlb if cr3 == top_level_pgt alrady without an invlpg?
Ahh, good catch. It *never* flushes global pages. For a generic function like this, that seems pretty dangerous because the PTEs it goes after could quite easily be Global. It's also not _obviously_ correct if PCIDs are in play (which I don't think they are on AMD). A flush_tlb_global() is probably more appropriate. Better yet, is there a reason not to use flush_tlb_kernel_range()? I don't think it's necessary to whack the entire TLB for one PTE set.