[PATCH v2] KVM: x86/tdx: Do not print error message on non-present feature

[PATCH v2] KVM: x86/tdx: Do not print error message on non-present feature

[Jiri Slaby (SUSE)]

Before commit 165e77353831 below, the kernel did not print anything
during boot if X86_FEATURE_TDX_HOST_PLATFORM was not present, unless TDX
enablement was explicitly requested via a module parameter.

After the commit, when attempting to load TDX automatically, this is
emitted to the log:
  virt/tdx: TDX not supported by the host platform

It is emitted with the "error" level, hence it is disturbing. It is not
an error to run CPUs without the feature.

Drop this silent-boot-breaking error message for the automatic
initialization path.

Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@kernel.org>
Fixes: 165e77353831 ("KVM: x86/tdx: Do VMXON and TDX-Module initialization during subsys init")
Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

---

[v2] update the commit message.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-coco@lists.linux.dev
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
---
 arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
index 1b9ff749dd8e..e5fb0d382c4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -1228,10 +1228,8 @@ static __init int tdx_enable(void)
 	enum cpuhp_state state;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_HOST_PLATFORM)) {
-		pr_err("TDX not supported by the host platform\n");
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_HOST_PLATFORM))
 		return -ENODEV;
-	}
 
 	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_XSAVE)) {
 		pr_err("XSAVE is required for TDX\n");
-- 
2.55.0

Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86/tdx: Do not print error message on non-present feature

[Sean Christopherson]

For the scope:

  x86/virt/tdx

because this is no longer in KVM's purview.

On Wed, Jul 29, 2026, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:
> Before commit 165e77353831 below, the kernel did not print anything
> during boot if X86_FEATURE_TDX_HOST_PLATFORM was not present, unless TDX
> enablement was explicitly requested via a module parameter.
> 
> After the commit, when attempting to load TDX automatically, this is
> emitted to the log:
>   virt/tdx: TDX not supported by the host platform
> 
> It is emitted with the "error" level, hence it is disturbing. It is not
> an error to run CPUs without the feature.
> 
> Drop this silent-boot-breaking error message for the automatic
> initialization path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@kernel.org>
> Fixes: 165e77353831 ("KVM: x86/tdx: Do VMXON and TDX-Module initialization during subsys init")
> Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86/tdx: Do not print error message on non-present feature

[Edgecombe, Rick P]

On Wed, 2026-07-29 at 10:59 +0200, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:
> Before commit 165e77353831 below, the kernel did not print anything
> during boot if X86_FEATURE_TDX_HOST_PLATFORM was not present, unless TDX
> enablement was explicitly requested via a module parameter.
> 
> After the commit, when attempting to load TDX automatically, this is
> emitted to the log:
>   virt/tdx: TDX not supported by the host platform
> 
> It is emitted with the "error" level, hence it is disturbing. It is not
> an error to run CPUs without the feature.
> 
> Drop this silent-boot-breaking error message for the automatic
> initialization path.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby (SUSE) <jirislaby@kernel.org>
> Fixes: 165e77353831 ("KVM: x86/tdx: Do VMXON and TDX-Module initialization
> during subsys init")
> Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> Cc: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> 
> ---

Thanks for the log changes.

Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>