Re: [PATCH v4 09/24] x86/virt/seamldr: Check update limit before TDX Module updates

[Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>]

On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 10:35:53AM +0800, Yan Zhao wrote:
>On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 06:35:12AM -0800, Chao Gao wrote:
>> TDX maintains a log about each TDX Module which has been loaded. This
>> log has a finite size which limits the number of TDX Module updates
>> which can be performed.
>> 
>> After each successful update, the remaining updates reduces by one. Once
>> it reaches zero, further updates will fail until next reboot.
>> 
>> Before updating the TDX Module, verify that the update limit has not been
>> exceeded. Otherwise, P-SEAMLDR will detect this violation after the old TDX
>> Module is gone and all TDs will be killed.
>> 
>> Note that userspace should perform this check before updates. Perform this
>> check in kernel as well to make the update process more robust.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
>> Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c | 10 ++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
>> index 694243f1f220..733b13215691 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/seamldr.c
>> @@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_MODULES(seamldr_get_info, "tdx-host");
>>   */
>>  int seamldr_install_module(const u8 *data, u32 size)
>>  {
>> +	struct seamldr_info info;
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	ret = seamldr_get_info(&info);
>> +	if (ret)
>> +		return ret;
>> +
>> +	if (!info.num_remaining_updates)
>> +		return -ENOSPC;
>seamldr_install_module() is invoked by tdx_fw_write().
>Why don't we put the check of info.num_remaining_updates in tdx_fw_prepare()?

Putting sanity checks in a preparatory step makes sense. Will do.