Re: [PATCH v14 00/22] TDX KVM selftests

["Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>]

On Mon, 2026-08-17 at 10:58 -0700, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote:
> > > Actually why is this on top of in-place conversion? I thought the idea was
> > > to break the series apart to get something basic upstream:
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/aJ-6JpHD6xhAvZPy@google.com/
> > > 
> > > Adding in-place conversion tests seems to be going in the opposite
> > > direction.
> > > 
> > 
> > We wanted to have this series based on in-place conversion since
> > non-in-place conversion is on a deprecation path.
> 
> Hmm, what kind of timeline do you see for the old interface actually getting
> yanked out of the kernel? I was imagining it would be there for many years at
> minimum, in which case it would need tests too.
> 
> The level of dependencies we have on coco stuff is pretty unfortunate I think.
> Considering these tests should have ideally quickly followed the TDX base
> upstreaming, it would be nice if we could avoid it here.

I saw the new version is also based on in-place conversion (which is now headed
upstream, congrats!). But can we talk about the legacy deprecation? Is there a
plan to actually deprecate and remove it, or even move qemu off of the old
interface?

Otherwise, I disagree with the plan to drop the tests for the old interface.
That said I'd would be thrilled to have anything upstream, so if the set can be
smaller or faster that way, then I agree with the change.

But in general, I'd like to know the plan for the old interface.