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From: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
To: Challvy Tee <challvy.tee@gmail.com>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
	 linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	regressions@lists.linux.dev,  stable@vger.kernel.org,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com,
	 vishal.l.verma@intel.com, kai.huang@intel.com,
	seanjc@google.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] x86/virt/tdx: Skip TDH.SYS.DISABLE if the TDX module is not initialized
Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2026 09:42:50 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <auhbCeeG-hX6tLZ_@thinkstation> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261102073244.919864-1-challvy.tee@gmail.com>

On Mon, Nov 02, 2026 at 03:32:44PM +0800, Challvy Tee wrote:
> Commit 5b25f249be32 ("x86/tdx: Disable the TDX module during kexec and
> kdump") made native_machine_crash_shutdown() call tdx_sys_disable(),
> whose only gate is compile time (CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_HOST).  A kernel that
> never initialized the TDX module therefore still issues
> TDH.SYS.DISABLE.
> 
> In VMX non-root operation on a SEAM-capable host, SEAMCALL causes a VM
> exit instead of a native #UD.  KVM injects #UD only since
> commit 9d7dfb95da2c ("KVM: VMX: Inject #UD if guest tries to execute
> SEAMCALL or TDCALL"), first released in v6.18.  On an older host the
> VMM gets KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR and the vCPU never resumes, so
> machine_kexec() is never reached and no vmcore is written.  Kdump is
> thus broken only in guests on SEAM-capable hosts whose hypervisor does
> not handle the exit; plain kexec is unaffected because tdx_shutdown()
> only runs as a syscore op, registered after init_tdx_module() succeeds.
> 
> Gate the SEAMCALL on X86_FEATURE_TDX_HOST_PLATFORM before issuing it,
> the way paddr_is_tdx_private() already guards its own SEAMCALL in this
> file.  Without that feature the module is never initialized, so there
> is nothing to disable; on a TDX host the gate is a no-op.
> 
> It also decouples kdump from the host KVM version -- a guest cannot
> require its host to inject the #UD.
> 
> Fixes: 5b25f249be32 ("x86/tdx: Disable the TDX module during kexec and kdump")
> Suggested-by: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Challvy Tee <challvy.tee@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov

  reply	other threads:[~2026-11-02  9:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <auM3KKutfutAqgWG@thinkstation>
2026-10-30 15:48 ` [PATCH v3] x86/virt/tdx: Skip TDH.SYS.DISABLE if the TDX module is not initialized Challvy Tee
2026-10-30 16:13   ` Dave Hansen
2026-10-30 16:26     ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-10-30 16:38       ` Dave Hansen
2026-11-02  7:32         ` [PATCH v4] " Challvy Tee
2026-11-02  9:42           ` Kiryl Shutsemau [this message]
2026-11-02 19:28           ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-11-02 22:24           ` Verma, Vishal L
2026-11-03  2:16             ` [PATCH v5] x86/virt/tdx: Gate TDH.SYS.DISABLE on X86_FEATURE_TDX_HOST_PLATFORM Challvy Tee

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