From: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
To: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-coco@lists.linux.dev,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: kas@kernel.org, rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com, yilun.xu@intel.com,
xiaoyao.li@intel.com, sohil.mehta@intel.com,
adrian.hunter@intel.com, kishen.maloor@intel.com,
tony.lindgren@linux.intel.com, peter.fang@intel.com,
baolu.lu@linux.intel.com, zhenzhong.duan@intel.com,
chao.gao@intel.com, artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com,
kvm@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] x86/virt/tdx: Configure add-on features on TDX module init
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2026 17:12:52 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <64bfe205-19b7-453b-85f1-0306fbd193d8@suse.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260915102658.713079-3-yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>
On 15.09.26 г. 13:26 ч., Xu Yilun wrote:
> The TDX architecture identifies some features that are off by default
> but can be enabled by the host during TDX module initialization. They
> are classified as add-on features because enabling them affects existing
> TDX systems: they may change existing feature behavior, or reserve more
> memory.
>
> The TDX module extends TDH.SYS.CONFIG with a new register argument to
> specify which add-on features to enable. This new argument is a bitmap
> that uses the same feature bits as TDX_FEATURES0. Note that Dynamic PAMT
> is an exception: although it is an add-on feature, it is controlled via
> a legacy, dedicated register argument [1].
>
> The kernel needs to enable these add-on features when it supports them.
> Add a get_tdx_addon_features0() helper to return the bitmap of the add-on
> features that the module & kernel both support. Initially, this helper
> returns 0. It will be updated to return specific feature bits as full
> kernel support lands. Pass this extra bitmap to TDH.SYS.CONFIG wrapper.
>
> The TDX module requires SEAMCALL leaf version 1 for TDH.SYS.CONFIG when
> passing the new bitmap argument. A previous change [2] supports the
> versioned SEAMCALL leafs by adding a "version" field in
> struct tdx_module_args. Set the version field to 1 if the new bitmap
> argument is used to enable any add-on feature, otherwise keep the
> version as 0. This retains backward compatibility with older modules
> that don't recognize version 1.
>
> Signed-off-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@linux.intel.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260904215841.303070-10-rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com/ # [1]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260722084634.131020-1-yilun.xu@linux.intel.com/ # [2]
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@suse.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-25 14:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-15 10:26 [PATCH v2 0/5] Enable TDX module extensions Xu Yilun
2026-09-15 10:26 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] x86/virt/tdx: Move TDH.SYS.CONFIG operations into a wrapper Xu Yilun
2026-09-15 20:45 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-18 9:54 ` Xu Yilun
2026-09-22 7:09 ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-15 10:26 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] x86/virt/tdx: Configure add-on features on TDX module init Xu Yilun
2026-09-15 20:54 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-21 11:42 ` Xu Yilun
2026-09-22 14:48 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-24 1:51 ` Xu Yilun
2026-09-16 3:23 ` Chao Gao
2026-09-18 9:56 ` Xu Yilun
2026-09-22 7:13 ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-23 7:30 ` Xu Yilun
2026-09-23 7:59 ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-24 1:33 ` Xu Yilun
2026-09-24 6:22 ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-25 14:12 ` Nikolay Borisov [this message]
2026-09-15 10:26 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] x86/virt/tdx: Detect if the extensions initialization is required Xu Yilun
2026-09-15 21:14 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-18 9:58 ` Xu Yilun
2026-09-15 10:26 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] x86/virt/tdx: Add extra memory to TDX module for the extensions Xu Yilun
2026-09-15 21:19 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2026-09-16 7:40 ` Chao Gao
2026-09-18 10:06 ` Xu Yilun
2026-09-22 7:25 ` Tony Lindgren
2026-09-15 10:26 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] x86/virt/tdx: Make TDX module initialize " Xu Yilun
2026-09-15 22:09 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Enable TDX module extensions Edgecombe, Rick P
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