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From: Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>
To: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Cc: "yilun.xu@linux.intel.com" <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>,
	 "Gao, Chao" <chao.gao@intel.com>,
	"Xu, Yilun" <yilun.xu@intel.com>,
	 "x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
	"baolu.lu@linux.intel.com" <baolu.lu@linux.intel.com>,
	 "kvm@vger.kernel.org" <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Li, Xiaoyao" <xiaoyao.li@intel.com>,
	 "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Maloor, Kishen" <kishen.maloor@intel.com>,
	 "Hunter, Adrian" <adrian.hunter@intel.com>,
	"Mehta, Sohil" <sohil.mehta@intel.com>,
	 "linux-coco@lists.linux.dev" <linux-coco@lists.linux.dev>,
	"tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com" <tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com>,
	 "Duan, Zhenzhong" <zhenzhong.duan@intel.com>,
	"Fang, Peter" <peter.fang@intel.com>,
	 "artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com"
	<artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/6] x86/virt/tdx: Detect if the extensions initialization is required
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:16:49 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aow0zU7mYdpaqBxk@thinkstation> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <da4cc53825da8edf29bdaaab8352e1fbb60eea15.camel@intel.com>

On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 10:22:01PM +0000, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> On Fri, 2026-08-21 at 16:22 +0100, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 21, 2026 at 11:29:17AM +0800, Xu Yilun wrote:
> > >   static __init int init_tdx_module(void)
> > >   {
> > >   	int ret;
> > > @@ -1229,6 +1253,10 @@ static __init int init_tdx_module(void)
> > >   	if (ret)
> > >   		goto err_reset_pamts;
> > >   
> > > +	ret = init_tdx_module_extensions();
> > > +	if (ret)
> > > +		goto err_reset_pamts;
> > > +
> > 
> > Hm. Don't we need TDH.SYS.SHUTDOWN/DISABLE on error?
> > 
> > Once TDMRs are initialized the module is functional. Yanking PAMT from
> > under it is not safe AFAICS.
> 
> If we reset all the memory, how is it different than bailing halfway when
> initializing the TDMRs? Some special state changes after the last TDMR is
> inited?

Hm. Yeah, it is not special. The module gets SYS_READY after
TDH.SYS.KEY.CONFIG on all CPU. So it is a new problem.

And I think it is not a problem if we never ask TDX module to manipulate
the memory.

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov

  reply	other threads:[~2026-08-24 12:16 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-21  3:29 [PATCH 0/6] Enable TDX module extensions Xu Yilun
2026-08-21  3:29 ` [PATCH 1/6] x86/virt/tdx: Wrap TDH.SYS.CONFIG/UPDATE operations in helpers Xu Yilun
2026-08-21 20:53   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-24  4:52     ` Xu Yilun
2026-08-21  3:29 ` [PATCH 2/6] x86/virt/tdx: Configure add-on features on TDX module init and update Xu Yilun
2026-08-21 14:38   ` Dave Hansen
2026-08-21 21:18     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-24  6:37     ` Xu Yilun
2026-08-21 22:01   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-21  3:29 ` [PATCH 3/6] x86/virt/tdx: Detect if the extensions initialization is required Xu Yilun
2026-08-21 15:22   ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-08-21 22:22     ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-24 12:16       ` Kiryl Shutsemau [this message]
2026-08-21  3:29 ` [PATCH 4/6] x86/virt/tdx: Add extra memory to TDX module for the extensions Xu Yilun
2026-08-21 15:44   ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-08-24  9:18     ` Xu Yilun
2026-08-24 12:22       ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-08-21  3:29 ` [PATCH 5/6] x86/virt/tdx: Make TDX module initialize " Xu Yilun
2026-08-21 23:55   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-08-21  3:29 ` [PATCH 6/6] x86/virt/tdx: Re-initialize the extensions on runtime TDX module update Xu Yilun
2026-08-22  0:01   ` Edgecombe, Rick P

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