Re: [PATCH v2 3/3] KVM: TDX: Ratelimit the "EPT Violation on pending acceptance page" warning

[Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>]

On 9/30/2026 8:11 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Ratelimit TDX's kernel logging when a guest accesses an unaccepted page and
> has opted to disable EPT Violation #VEs for unaccepted accesses, as the
> pr_warn() is trivial for a misbehaving userspace to trigger.
> 
> Fixes: e6a85781f783 ("KVM: TDX: Detect unexpected SEPT violations due to pending SPTEs")
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
> Reported-by: Sashiko Bot <sashiko-bot@kernel.org>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260923164348.2DB2D1F000FF@smtp.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>

Nit: should this patch be put before patch 2, to avoid a bisect window?

Otherwise,
Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@linux.intel.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> index e3723f1222fc..4cac43299851 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> @@ -1937,8 +1937,8 @@ static int tdx_handle_ept_violation(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  
>  	if (vt_is_tdx_private_gpa(vcpu->kvm, gpa)) {
>  		if (tdx_is_sept_violation_unexpected_pending(vcpu)) {
> -			pr_warn("Guest access before accepting 0x%llx on vCPU %d\n",
> -				gpa, vcpu->vcpu_id);
> +			pr_warn_ratelimited("Guest access before accepting 0x%llx on vCPU %d\n",
> +					    gpa, vcpu->vcpu_id);
>  			kvm_prepare_shutdown_exit(vcpu);
>  			return 0;
>  		}