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From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>,
	x86@kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: djbw@kernel.org, kas@kernel.org, rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com,
	yilun.xu@intel.com, xiaoyao.li@intel.com, sohil.mehta@intel.com,
	adrian.hunter@intel.com, kishen.maloor@intel.com,
	tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com, peter.fang@intel.com,
	baolu.lu@linux.intel.com, zhenzhong.duan@intel.com,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, seanjc@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/17] x86/virt/tdx: Configure add-on features on TDX module init and update
Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:04:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4f4b0f29-424b-45ed-8cfd-c77da2ea390f@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260618081355.3253581-3-yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>

On 6/18/26 01:13, Xu Yilun wrote:
>  int tdx_module_run_update(void)
>  {
> +	u64 seamcall_fn = TDH_SYS_UPDATE_V0;
>  	struct tdx_module_args args = {};
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	ret = seamcall_prerr(TDH_SYS_UPDATE, &args);
> +	if (tdx_addon_feature0) {
> +		args.r9 = tdx_addon_feature0;
> +		seamcall_fn = TDH_SYS_UPDATE;
> +	}

Heh, and it falls apart into craziness immediately. See how it
immediately loses the logical information that there's a version 1 and a
version 0? The "1" isn't even visible. It's hidden in "TDH_SYS_UPDATE".

Isn't this a million times more sane?

	struct tdx_module_args args = {};
	u64 version;
  	int ret;

	if (tdx_addon_feature0) {
		args.r9 = tdx_addon_feature0;
		version = 1;
	} else {
		version = 0;
	}

	ret = seamcall_prerr(TDH_SYS_UPDATE, version, &args);


There's also zero stopping us from putting version in args:

	struct tdx_module_args args = {};
  	int ret;

	if (tdx_addon_feature0) {
		args.r9 = tdx_addon_feature0;
		args.version = 1;
	}

	ret = seamcall_prerr(TDH_SYS_UPDATE, &args);

Eh?

That gives args.version==0 in all the normal cases which just happens to
be the exact behavior we want. It also avoids having to plumb version
through all the seamcall*() wrappers.

But this is *exactly* the kind of thing that shouldn't be a part of an
attestation patch series. This could very much have been a separate
discussion and happened a month or a year ago. But now it is blocking
this DICE thing from getting done <grumble>.

  reply	other threads:[~2026-06-18 15:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-06-18  8:13 [PATCH v2 00/17] Enable DICE-based TDX Quoting Extension Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 01/17] x86/virt/tdx: Embed version info in SEAMCALL leaf function definitions Xu Yilun
2026-06-18 14:45   ` Dave Hansen
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 02/17] x86/virt/tdx: Configure add-on features on TDX module init and update Xu Yilun
2026-06-18 15:04   ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 03/17] x86/virt/tdx: Detect if the extensions initialization is required Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 04/17] x86/virt/tdx: Add extra memory to TDX module for the extensions Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:54   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 05/17] x86/virt/tdx: Make TDX module initialize " Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:54   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 06/17] x86/virt/tdx: Re-initialize the extensions on runtime TDX module update Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:58   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 07/17] x86/virt/tdx: Initialize Quoting extension Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:50   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 08/17] x86/virt/tdx: Prepare Quote buffer during extension bringup Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 09/17] x86/virt/tdx: Add interface to check Quoting availability Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 10/17] x86/virt/tdx: Move tdx_tdr_pa() up in the file Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 11/17] x86/virt/tdx: Add interface to generate a Quote Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:49   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 12/17] x86/virt/tdx: Reinitialize the Quoting extension after TDX module update Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 13/17] x86/virt/tdx: Enable Quoting extension Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 14/17] x86/tdx: Move and rename Quote request structure Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 15/17] KVM: TDX: Factor out userspace return path from tdx_get_quote() Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 16/17] KVM: TDX: Add in-kernel Quote generation Xu Yilun
2026-06-18  9:03   ` sashiko-bot
2026-06-18  8:13 ` [PATCH v2 17/17] KVM: TDX: Support event-notify interrupts only with userspace Quoting Xu Yilun

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