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[185.218.66.243]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-4a00c10c656sm107581545e9.2.2026.09.29.04.15.15 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 29 Sep 2026 04:15:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3e7a8725-9e31-4f88-926d-f7bf9c15b45f@suse.com> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2026 14:15:14 +0300 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/tdx: Remove the early #VE handler To: Vishal Verma , x86@kernel.org, Dave Hansen , Rick Edgecombe , Kiryl Shutsemau Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, kvm@vger.kernel.org, Andi Kleen References: <20260910-b4-tdx_remove_early_ve_handler-v1-1-bf47a4d360c5@intel.com> From: Nikolay Borisov Content-Language: en-US Autocrypt: addr=nik.borisov@suse.com; keydata= xsFNBGcrpvIBEAD5cAR5+qu30GnmPrK9veWX5RVzzbgtkk9C/EESHy9Yz0+HWgCVRoNyRQsZ 7DW7vE1KhioDLXjDmeu8/0A8u5nFMqv6d1Gt1lb7XzSAYw7uSWXLPEjFBtz9+fBJJLgbYU7G OpTKy6gRr6GaItZze+r04PGWjeyVUuHZuncTO7B2huxcwIk9tFtRX21gVSOOC96HcxSVVA7X N/LLM2EOL7kg4/yDWEhAdLQDChswhmdpHkp5g6ytj9TM8bNlq9I41hl/3cBEeAkxtb/eS5YR 88LBb/2FkcGnhxkGJPNB+4Siku7K8Mk2Y6elnkOctJcDvk29DajYbQnnW4nhfelZuLNupb1O M0912EvzOVI0dIVgR+xtosp66bYTOpX4Xb0fylED9kYGiuEAeoQZaDQ2eICDcHPiaLzh+6cc pkVTB0sXkWHUsPamtPum6/PgWLE9vGI5s+FaqBaqBYDKyvtJfLK4BdZng0Uc3ijycPs3bpbQ bOnK9LD8TYmYaeTenoNILQ7Ut54CCEXkP446skUMKrEo/HabvkykyWqWiIE/UlAYAx9+Ckho TT1d2QsmsAiYYWwjU8igXBecIbC0uRtF/cTfelNGrQwbICUT6kJjcOTpQDaVyIgRSlUMrlNZ XPVEQ6Zq3/aENA8ObhFxE5PLJPizJH6SC89BMKF3zg6SKx0qzQARAQABzSZOaWtvbGF5IEJv cmlzb3YgPG5pay5ib3Jpc292QHN1c2UuY29tPsLBkQQTAQoAOxYhBDuWB8EJLBUZCPjT3SRn XZEnyhfsBQJnK6byAhsDBQsJCAcCAiICBhUKCQgLAgQWAgMBAh4HAheAAAoJECRnXZEnyhfs XbIQAJxuUnelGdXbSbtovBNm+HF3LtT0XnZ0+DoR0DemUGuA1bZAlaOXGr5mvVbTgaoGUQIJ 3Ejx3UBEG7ZSJcfJobB34w1qHEDO0pN9orGIFT9Bic3lqhawD2r85QMcWwjsZH5FhyRx7P2o DTuUClLMO95GuHYQngBF2rHHl8QMJPVKsR18w4IWAhALpEApxa3luyV7pAAqKllfCNt7tmed uKmclf/Sz6qoP75CvEtRbfAOqYgG1Uk9A62C51iAPe35neMre3WGLsdgyMj4/15jPYi+tOUX Tc7AAWgc95LXyPJo8069MOU73htZmgH4OYy+S7f+ArXD7h8lTLT1niff2bCPi6eiAQq6b5CJ Ka4/27IiZo8tm1XjLYmoBmaCovqx5y5Xt2koibIWG3ZGD2I+qRwZ0UohKRH6kKVHGcrmCv0J YO8yIprxgoYmA7gq21BpTqw3D4+8xujn/6LgndLKmGESM1FuY3ymXgj5983eqaxicKpT9iq8 /a1j31tms4azR7+6Dt8H4SagfN6VbJ0luPzobrrNFxUgpjR4ZyQQ++G7oSRdwjfIh1wuCF6/ mDUNcb6/kA0JS9otiC3omfht47yQnvod+MxFk1lTNUu3hePJUwg1vT1te3vO5oln8lkUo9BU knlYpQ7QA2rDEKs+YWqUstr4pDtHzwQ6mo0rqP+zzsFNBGcrpvIBEADGYTFkNVttZkt6e7yA LNkv3Q39zQCt8qe7qkPdlj3CqygVXfw+h7GlcT9fuc4kd7YxFys4/Wd9icj9ZatGMwffONmi LnUotIq2N7+xvc4Xu76wv+QJpiuGEfCDB+VdZOmOzUPlmMkcJc/EDSH4qGogIYRu72uweKEq VfBI43PZIGpGJ7TjS3THX5WVI2YNSmuwqxnQF/iVqDtD2N72ObkBwIf9GnrOgxEyJ/SQq2R0 g7hd6IYk7SOKt1a8ZGCN6hXXKzmM6gHRC8fyWeTqJcK4BKSdX8PzEuYmAJjSfx4w6DoxdK5/ 9sVrNzaVgDHS0ThH/5kNkZ65KNR7K2nk45LT5Crjbg7w5/kKDY6/XiXDx7v/BOR/a+Ryo+lM MffN3XSnAex8cmIhNINl5Z8CAvDLUtItLcbDOv7hdXt6DSyb65CdyY8JwOt6CWno1tdjyDEG 5ANwVPYY878IFkOJLRTJuUd5ltybaSWjKIwjYJfIXuoyzE7OL63856MC/Os8PcLfY7vYY2LB cvKH1qOcs+an86DWX17+dkcKD/YLrpzwvRMur5+kTgVfXcC0TAl39N4YtaCKM/3ugAaVS1Mw MrbyGnGqVMqlCpjnpYREzapSk8XxbO2kYRsZQd8J9ei98OSqgPf8xM7NCULd/xaZLJUydql1 JdSREId2C15jut21aQARAQABwsF2BBgBCgAgFiEEO5YHwQksFRkI+NPdJGddkSfKF+wFAmcr pvICGwwACgkQJGddkSfKF+xuuxAA4F9iQc61wvAOAidktv4Rztn4QKy8TAyGN3M8zYf/A5Zx VcGgX4J4MhRUoPQNrzmVlrrtE2KILHxQZx5eQyPgixPXri42oG5ePEXZoLU5GFRYSPjjTYmP ypyTPN7uoWLfw4TxJqWCGRLsjnkwvyN3R4161Dty4Uhzqp1IkNhl3ifTDYEvbnmHaNvlvvna 7+9jjEBDEFYDMuO/CA8UtoVQXjy5gtOhZZkEsptfwQYc+E9U99yxGofDul7xH41VdXGpIhUj 4wjd3IbgaCiHxxj/M9eM99ybu5asvHyMo3EFPkyWxZsBlUN/riFXGspG4sT0cwOUhG2ZnExv XXhOGKs/y3VGhjZeCDWZ+0ZQHPCL3HUebLxW49wwLxvXU6sLNfYnTJxdqn58Aq4sBXW5Un0Q vfbd9VFV/bKFfvUscYk2UKPi9vgn1hY38IfmsnoS8b0uwDq75IBvup9pYFyNyPf5SutxhFfP JDjakbdjBoYDWVoaPbp5KAQ2VQRiR54lir/inyqGX+dwzPX/F4OHfB5RTiAFLJliCxniKFsM d8eHe88jWjm6/ilx4IlLl9/MdVUGjLpBi18X7ejLz3U2quYD8DBAGzCjy49wJ4Di4qQjblb2 pTXoEyM2L6E604NbDu0VDvHg7EXh1WwmijEu28c/hEB6DwtzslLpBSsJV0s1/jE= In-Reply-To: <20260910-b4-tdx_remove_early_ve_handler-v1-1-bf47a4d360c5@intel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 10.09.26 г. 21:28 ч., Vishal Verma wrote: > tdx_early_handle_ve() emulates port I/O for #VEs taken before > idt_setup_early_traps() installs the real #VE gate. Per commit > 32e72854fa5f ("x86/tdx: Port I/O: Add early boot support"), it exists to > support earlyprintk's serial driver. > > "earlyprintk=" and "earlycon=" are both early_param() handlers, so no > console can be registered before parse_early_param(), which runs from > setup_arch(), after idt_setup_early_traps() has replaced the early IDT. > Nothing in the window between idt_setup_early_handler() and > idt_setup_early_traps() does port I/O, so this emulation doesn't ever > get called. > > Remove the handler. Any #VE in the early window now falls through to > early_fixup_exception(), as it previously did for #VEs that were not I/O > instructions. > > Found with the help of an LLM observing that the real IDT is installed > before parse_early_param(). LLMs were also used to verify this. On a TDX > guest booted with earlyprintk, a counter added to tdx_early_handle_ve() > for testing remained 0 after boot. > > Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma > Cc: Andi Kleen > Cc: Rick Edgecombe Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov