From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@kernel.org>,
Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>,
Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-perf-users@vger.kernel.org,
Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>,
Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 10/16] x86/virt/tdx: Drop the outdated requirement that TDX be enabled in IRQ context
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:26:56 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260214012702.2368778-11-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260214012702.2368778-1-seanjc@google.com>
Remove TDX's outdated requirement that per-CPU enabling be done via IPI
function call, which was a stale artifact leftover from early versions of
the TDX enablement series. The requirement that IRQs be disabled should
have been dropped as part of the revamped series that relied on a the KVM
rework to enable VMX at module load.
In other words, the kernel's "requirement" was never a requirement at all,
but instead a reflection of how KVM enabled VMX (via IPI callback) when
the TDX subsystem code was merged.
Note, accessing per-CPU information is safe even without disabling IRQs,
as tdx_online_cpu() is invoked via a cpuhp callback, i.e. from a per-CPU
thread.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZyJOiPQnBz31qLZ7@google.com
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 9 +--------
arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c | 4 ----
2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
index 0c790eb0bfa6..582469118b79 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
@@ -3294,17 +3294,10 @@ int tdx_gmem_max_mapping_level(struct kvm *kvm, kvm_pfn_t pfn, bool is_private)
static int tdx_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
{
- unsigned long flags;
- int r;
-
/* Sanity check CPU is already in post-VMXON */
WARN_ON_ONCE(!(cr4_read_shadow() & X86_CR4_VMXE));
- local_irq_save(flags);
- r = tdx_cpu_enable();
- local_irq_restore(flags);
-
- return r;
+ return tdx_cpu_enable();
}
static int tdx_offline_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
index 5ce4ebe99774..dfd82fac0498 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ static int try_init_module_global(void)
* global initialization SEAMCALL if not done) on local cpu to make this
* cpu be ready to run any other SEAMCALLs.
*
- * Always call this function via IPI function calls.
- *
* Return 0 on success, otherwise errors.
*/
int tdx_cpu_enable(void)
@@ -160,8 +158,6 @@ int tdx_cpu_enable(void)
if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TDX_HOST_PLATFORM))
return -ENODEV;
- lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
-
if (__this_cpu_read(tdx_lp_initialized))
return 0;
--
2.53.0.310.g728cabbaf7-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-14 1:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-14 1:26 [PATCH v3 00/16] KVM: x86/tdx: Have TDX handle VMXON during bringup Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 01/16] KVM: x86: Move kvm_rebooting to x86 Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 02/16] KVM: VMX: Move architectural "vmcs" and "vmcs_hdr" structures to public vmx.h Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 03/16] KVM: x86: Move "kvm_rebooting" to kernel as "virt_rebooting" Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 04/16] KVM: VMX: Unconditionally allocate root VMCSes during boot CPU bringup Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 05/16] x86/virt: Force-clear X86_FEATURE_VMX if configuring root VMCS fails Sean Christopherson
2026-02-16 20:53 ` dan.j.williams
2026-02-17 16:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 06/16] KVM: VMX: Move core VMXON enablement to kernel Sean Christopherson
2026-02-26 22:32 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 07/16] KVM: SVM: Move core EFER.SVME " Sean Christopherson
2026-02-26 7:40 ` Chao Gao
2026-02-26 23:43 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 08/16] KVM: x86: Move bulk of emergency virtualizaton logic to virt subsystem Sean Christopherson
2026-02-26 8:55 ` Chao Gao
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 09/16] x86/virt: Add refcounting of VMX/SVM usage to support multiple in-kernel users Sean Christopherson
2026-02-27 11:26 ` Chao Gao
2026-02-14 1:26 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-02-17 11:29 ` [PATCH v3 10/16] x86/virt/tdx: Drop the outdated requirement that TDX be enabled in IRQ context Huang, Kai
2026-02-17 15:25 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-17 20:30 ` Huang, Kai
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 11/16] KVM: x86/tdx: Do VMXON and TDX-Module initialization during subsys init Sean Christopherson
2026-02-26 22:35 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-27 11:28 ` Chao Gao
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 12/16] x86/virt/tdx: Tag a pile of functions as __init, and globals as __ro_after_init Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:26 ` [PATCH v3 13/16] x86/virt/tdx: KVM: Consolidate TDX CPU hotplug handling Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:27 ` [PATCH v3 14/16] x86/virt/tdx: Use ida_is_empty() to detect if any TDs may be running Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:27 ` [PATCH v3 15/16] KVM: Bury kvm_{en,dis}able_virtualization() in kvm_main.c once more Sean Christopherson
2026-02-14 1:27 ` [PATCH v3 16/16] KVM: TDX: Fold tdx_bringup() into tdx_hardware_setup() Sean Christopherson
2026-02-16 23:00 ` [PATCH v3 00/16] KVM: x86/tdx: Have TDX handle VMXON during bringup dan.j.williams
2026-02-25 14:38 ` Chao Gao
2026-03-03 21:39 ` Sagi Shahar
2026-03-04 0:06 ` Sagi Shahar
2026-03-05 17:08 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 18:50 ` dan.j.williams
2026-03-05 18:54 ` Dave Hansen
2026-03-05 19:07 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-03-05 19:08 ` Sean Christopherson
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