From: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
To: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: yilun.xu@linux.intel.com, binbin.wu@linux.intel.com,
tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Kiryl Shutsemau <kas@kernel.org>,
Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] x86/virt/tdx: Add a helper to read a table of metadata fields
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2026 19:19:17 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0b1f8e58-51f8-4062-ab0e-6cd5b915b49e@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260930053901.22528-2-chao.gao@intel.com>
On 30.09.26 г. 8:38 ч., Chao Gao wrote:
> The metadata field readers get_tdx_sys_info_<class>() in
> tdx_global_metadata.c were generated by an out-of-tree script. That has
> not worked out: the JSON file they were generated from is neither stable
> nor authoritative enough [1]. The goal now is to maintain the readers by
> hand and to establish one standard way of adding a metadata field.
>
> Take get_tdx_sys_info_version() as an example:
>
> if (!ret && !(ret = read_sys_metadata_field(0x0800000100000003, &val)))
> sysinfo_version->minor_version = val;
> if (!ret && !(ret = read_sys_metadata_field(0x0800000100000004, &val)))
> sysinfo_version->major_version = val;
> if (!ret && !(ret = read_sys_metadata_field(0x0800000100000005, &val)))
> sysinfo_version->update_version = val;
>
> Two patterns stand out: the read-check-store sequence repeats once per
> field, and the error of each read is chained into the reads that follow.
> Neither is common in hand-written code.
>
> Prepare to eliminate both with a loop that reads each field, stores the
> value into its structure member, and returns on the first error.
>
> Add 'struct field_mapping' to describe one field as its ID plus the offset
> and size of the member that receives its value. Add TDX_SYSINFO_MAP() to
> build such an entry from a field ID, a structure type and a member name.
> Add __read_sys_metadata_table() helper to read every field in a table.
> Annotate that helper __maybe_unused as there is no caller right now.
>
> Following changes will convert the existing readers to use the new helper.
>
> AI was used under supervision to review code and workshop logs. It
> suggested adding read_sys_metadata_table() macro, which avoids repeating
> the table name when passing both the table and its size.
>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/1e7bcbad-eb26-44b7-97ca-88ab53467212@intel.com/ # [1]
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-01 16:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-30 5:38 [PATCH v3 00/10] TDX: Stop auto-generating the global metadata code Chao Gao
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 01/10] x86/virt/tdx: Add a helper to read a table of metadata fields Chao Gao
2026-10-01 0:30 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-01 16:19 ` Nikolay Borisov [this message]
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 02/10] x86/virt/tdx: Convert the version metadata reader Chao Gao
2026-10-01 0:30 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-01 16:24 ` Nikolay Borisov
2026-10-01 16:27 ` Dave Hansen
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 03/10] x86/virt/tdx: Convert the features " Chao Gao
2026-10-01 0:30 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 04/10] x86/virt/tdx: Convert the tdmr " Chao Gao
2026-10-01 0:31 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 05/10] x86/virt/tdx: Convert the td_ctrl " Chao Gao
2026-10-01 0:31 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 06/10] x86/virt/tdx: Convert the handoff " Chao Gao
2026-10-01 0:31 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 07/10] x86/virt/tdx: Convert the td_conf " Chao Gao
2026-09-30 23:54 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-01 12:08 ` Chao Gao
2026-10-01 16:34 ` Nikolay Borisov
2026-10-01 20:28 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 08/10] x86/virt/tdx: Remove tdx_global_metadata.c Chao Gao
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 09/10] x86/virt/tdx: Use early returns in get_tdx_sys_info() Chao Gao
2026-10-01 0:30 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-01 13:05 ` Chao Gao
2026-09-30 5:38 ` [PATCH v3 10/10] x86/virt/tdx: Verify structure member sizes against metadata field IDs Chao Gao
2026-10-01 0:29 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-10-01 13:01 ` Chao Gao
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=0b1f8e58-51f8-4062-ab0e-6cd5b915b49e@suse.com \
--to=nik.borisov@suse.com \
--cc=binbin.wu@linux.intel.com \
--cc=bp@alien8.de \
--cc=chao.gao@intel.com \
--cc=dave.hansen@linux.intel.com \
--cc=hpa@zytor.com \
--cc=kas@kernel.org \
--cc=kvm@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-coco@lists.linux.dev \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=mingo@redhat.com \
--cc=rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com \
--cc=tglx@kernel.org \
--cc=tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com \
--cc=x86@kernel.org \
--cc=yilun.xu@linux.intel.com \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox
all inboxes | Powered by JetHome®