[PATCH v7 11/22] x86/virt/seamldr: Shut down the current TDX module

Chao Gao
2026-03-31T12:43:32Z

The first step of TDX module updates is shutting down the current TDX
Module. This step also packs state information that needs to be
preserved across updates as handoff data, which will be consumed by the
updated module. The handoff data is stored internally in the SEAM range
and is hidden from the kernel.

To ensure a successful update, the new module must be able to consume
the handoff data generated by the old module. Since handoff data layout
may change between modules, the handoff data is versioned. Each module
has a native handoff version and provides backward support for several
older versions.

The complete handoff versioning protocol is complex as it supports both
module upgrades and downgrades. See details in Intel® Trust Domain
Extensions (Intel® TDX) Module Base Architecture Specification, Chapter
"Handoff Versioning".

Ideally, the kernel needs to retrieve the handoff versions supported by
the current module and the new module and select a version supported by
both. But, since this implementation chooses to only support module
upgrades, simply request the current module to generate handoff data
using its highest supported version, expecting that the new module will
likely support it.

Note that only one CPU needs to call the TDX module's shutdown API.

Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Kiryl Shutsemau (Meta) <kas@kernel.org>
---
v5:
- Massage changelog [Kai]
- Avoid "refers to the global copy while populating the tdx_sys_info
passed as a pointer" [Rick/Yilun]

v4:
- skip the whole handoff metadata if runtime updates are not supported
[Yilun]
v3:
- remove autogeneration stuff in the changelog
v2:
- add a comment about how handoff version is chosen.
- remove the first !ret in get_tdx_sys_info_handoff() as we edited the
auto-generated code anyway
- remove !! when determining whether a CPU is the primary one
- remove unnecessary if-break nesting in TDP_SHUTDOWN
---
arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h | 5 +++++
arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c | 11 ++++++++++-
arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.h | 3 +++
arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
5 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h
index 40689c8dc67e..8a9ebd895e70 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h
@@ -40,12 +40,17 @@ struct tdx_sys_info_td_conf {
u64 cpuid_config_values[128][2];
};

+struct tdx_sys_info_handoff {
+ u16 module_hv;
+};
+
struct tdx_sys_info {
struct tdx_sys_info_version version;
struct tdx_sys_info_features features;
struct tdx_sys_info_tdmr tdmr;
struct tdx_sys_info_td_ctrl td_ctrl;
struct tdx_sys_info_td_conf td_conf;
+ struct tdx_sys_info_handoff handoff;
};

#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
index 5964bbc67944..a8bfa30ee55f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <asm/seamldr.h>

#include "seamcall_internal.h"
+#include "tdx.h"

/* P-SEAMLDR SEAMCALL leaf function */
#define P_SEAMLDR_INFO 0x8000000000000000
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@ static struct seamldr_params *init_seamldr_params(const u8 *data, u32 size)
*/
enum module_update_state {
MODULE_UPDATE_START,
+ MODULE_UPDATE_SHUTDOWN,
MODULE_UPDATE_DONE,
};

@@ -246,8 +248,12 @@ static void ack_state(void)
static int do_seamldr_install_module(void *seamldr_params)
{
enum module_update_state newstate, curstate = MODULE_UPDATE_START;
+ int cpu = smp_processor_id();
+ bool primary;
int ret = 0;

+ primary = cpumask_first(cpu_online_mask) == cpu;
+
do {
/* Chill out and re-read update_data. */
cpu_relax();
@@ -256,7 +262,10 @@ static int do_seamldr_install_module(void *seamldr_params)
if (newstate != curstate) {
curstate = newstate;
switch (curstate) {
- /* TODO: add the update steps. */
+ case MODULE_UPDATE_SHUTDOWN:
+ if (primary)
+ ret = tdx_module_shutdown();
+ break;
default:
break;
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
index 172f6d4133b5..f87fad429f4e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -1176,6 +1176,21 @@ int tdx_enable(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM(tdx_enable);

+int tdx_module_shutdown(void)
+{
+ struct tdx_module_args args = {};
+
+ /*
+ * Shut down the TDX module and prepare handoff data for the next
+ * TDX module. This SEAMCALL requires a handoff version. Use the
+ * module's handoff version, as it is the highest version the
+ * module can produce and is more likely to be supported by new
+ * modules as new modules likely have higher handoff version.
+ */
+ args.rcx = tdx_sysinfo.handoff.module_hv;
+ return seamcall_prerr(TDH_SYS_SHUTDOWN, &args);
+}
+
static bool is_pamt_page(unsigned long phys)
{
struct tdmr_info_list *tdmr_list = &tdx_tdmr_list;
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.h b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.h
index 82bb82be8567..1c4da9540ae0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
#define TDH_PHYMEM_PAGE_WBINVD 41
#define TDH_VP_WR 43
#define TDH_SYS_CONFIG 45
+#define TDH_SYS_SHUTDOWN 52

/*
* SEAMCALL leaf:
@@ -118,4 +119,6 @@ struct tdmr_info_list {
int max_tdmrs; /* How many 'tdmr_info's are allocated */
};

+int tdx_module_shutdown(void);
+
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c
index 34c050d74b56..225e157805e8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c
@@ -100,6 +100,19 @@ static int get_tdx_sys_info_td_conf(struct tdx_sys_info_td_conf *sysinfo_td_conf
return ret;
}

+static int get_tdx_sys_info_handoff(struct tdx_sys_info_handoff *sysinfo_handoff)
+{
+ int ret;
+ u64 val;
+
+ ret = read_sys_metadata_field(0x8900000100000000, &val);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ sysinfo_handoff->module_hv = val;
+ return 0;
+}
+
static int get_tdx_sys_info(struct tdx_sys_info *sysinfo)
{
int ret = 0;
@@ -116,5 +129,12 @@ static int get_tdx_sys_info(struct tdx_sys_info *sysinfo)
ret = ret ?: get_tdx_sys_info_td_ctrl(&sysinfo->td_ctrl);
ret = ret ?: get_tdx_sys_info_td_conf(&sysinfo->td_conf);

+ /*
+ * Don't treat a module that doesn't support update as a failure.
+ * Only read the metadata optionally.
+ */
+ if (tdx_supports_runtime_update(sysinfo))
+ ret = ret ?: get_tdx_sys_info_handoff(&sysinfo->handoff);
+
return ret;
}
--
2.47.3