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From: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
To: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: binbin.wu@linux.intel.com, dave.hansen@linux.intel.com,
	djbw@kernel.org, ira.weiny@intel.com, kai.huang@intel.com,
	kas@kernel.org, nik.borisov@suse.com, paulmck@kernel.org,
	pbonzini@redhat.com, reinette.chatre@intel.com,
	rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com, sagis@google.com, seanjc@google.com,
	tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com, vannapurve@google.com,
	vishal.l.verma@intel.com, yilun.xu@linux.intel.com,
	xiaoyao.li@intel.com, yan.y.zhao@intel.com,
	Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
	x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Subject: [PATCH v10 15/25] x86/virt/seamldr: Abort updates after a failed step
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 06:38:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260520133909.409394-16-chao.gao@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260520133909.409394-1-chao.gao@intel.com>

A TDX module update is a multi-step process, and any step can fail.

The current update flow continues to later steps after an error.
Continuing after a failure can cause the TDX module to enter an
unrecoverable state.

But certain failures during the initial module shutdown step should
simply return an error to userspace, so the update can be retried cleanly.

To preserve that recoverability, one option would be to abort the update
only for those failures, since they occur before any TDX module state is
changed. But special-casing specific failures in specific steps would
complicate the do-while() update loop for no benefit.

Simply abort update on any failure, at any step.

Track failures for each step, stop the update loop once a failure is
observed, and do not advance the state machine to the next step.

Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-coco/aQFmOZCdw64z14cJ@google.com/ # [1]
---
v9:
  - Avoid nested if/else by deferring failure accounting to ack_state().
  - Reduce indentation of the main flow.
  - Convert the failed flag into a counter. This avoids a conditional
    update of the flag; the counter can simply accumulate failures.
---
 arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
index db6c52f65995..002cdae3b1ff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ enum module_update_state {
 static struct update_ctrl {
 	enum module_update_state state;
 	int num_ack;
+	int num_failed;
 	/*
 	 * Protect update_ctrl. Raw spinlock as it will be acquired from
 	 * interrupt-disabled contexts.
@@ -198,12 +199,13 @@ static void __set_target_state(struct update_ctrl *ctrl,
 }
 
 /* Last one to ack a state moves to the next state. */
-static void ack_state(struct update_ctrl *ctrl)
+static void ack_state(struct update_ctrl *ctrl, int result)
 {
 	raw_spin_lock(&ctrl->lock);
 
+	ctrl->num_failed += !!result;
 	ctrl->num_ack++;
-	if (ctrl->num_ack == num_online_cpus())
+	if (ctrl->num_ack == num_online_cpus() && !ctrl->num_failed)
 		__set_target_state(ctrl, ctrl->state + 1);
 
 	raw_spin_unlock(&ctrl->lock);
@@ -213,6 +215,7 @@ static void init_state(struct update_ctrl *ctrl)
 {
 	raw_spin_lock_init(&ctrl->lock);
 	__set_target_state(ctrl, MODULE_UPDATE_START + 1);
+	ctrl->num_failed = 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -239,8 +242,8 @@ static int do_seamldr_install_module(void *seamldr_params)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ack_state(&update_ctrl);
-	} while (curstate != MODULE_UPDATE_DONE);
+		ack_state(&update_ctrl, ret);
+	} while (curstate != MODULE_UPDATE_DONE && !READ_ONCE(update_ctrl.num_failed));
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
2.52.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-05-20 13:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-05-20 13:38 [PATCH v10 00/25] Runtime TDX module update support Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 01/25] x86/virt/tdx: Clarify try_init_module_global() result caching Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 02/25] x86/virt/tdx: Move TDX global initialization states to file scope Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 03/25] x86/virt/tdx: Consolidate TDX global initialization states Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 04/25] x86/virt/tdx: Move TDX_FEATURES0 bits to asm/tdx.h Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 05/25] x86/virt/tdx: Move low level SEAMCALL helpers out of <asm/tdx.h> Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 06/25] coco/tdx-host: Introduce a "tdx_host" device Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 07/25] coco/tdx-host: Expose TDX module version Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 08/25] x86/virt/seamldr: Introduce a wrapper for P-SEAMLDR SEAMCALLs Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 09/25] x86/virt/seamldr: Add a helper to retrieve P-SEAMLDR information Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 10/25] coco/tdx-host: Expose P-SEAMLDR information via sysfs Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 11/25] coco/tdx-host: Don't expose P-SEAMLDR information on CPUs with erratum Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 12/25] coco/tdx-host: Implement firmware upload sysfs ABI for TDX module updates Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 13/25] x86/virt/seamldr: Allocate and populate a module update request Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 14/25] x86/virt/seamldr: Introduce skeleton for TDX module updates Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` Chao Gao [this message]
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 16/25] x86/virt/seamldr: Shut down the current TDX module Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 17/25] x86/virt/tdx: Reset software states during TDX module shutdown Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 18/25] x86/virt/seamldr: Install a new TDX module Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 19/25] x86/virt/seamldr: Do TDX global and per-CPU init after module installation Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 20/25] x86/virt/tdx: Restore TDX module state Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 21/25] x86/virt/tdx: Refresh TDX module version after update Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 22/25] x86/virt/tdx: Reject updates during compatibility-sensitive operations Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 23/25] x86/virt/tdx: Enable TDX module runtime updates Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 24/25] coco/tdx-host: Document TDX module update compatibility criteria Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:38 ` [PATCH v10 25/25] x86/virt/tdx: Document TDX module update Chao Gao
2026-05-20 13:46 ` [PATCH v10 00/25] Runtime TDX module update support Chao Gao

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