Re: [PATCH v13 1/3] x86/tdx: Add TDX Guest attestation interface driver

[Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy]

Hi,

On 9/15/22 4:09 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 12:27:06PM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
>> +static int __init tdx_guest_init(void)
>> +{
>> +	int ret;
>> +
>> +	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
>> +		return -EIO;
>> +
>> +	ret = misc_register(&tdx_misc_dev);
>> +	if (ret) {
>> +		pr_err("misc device registration failed\n");
>> +		return ret;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +device_initcall(tdx_guest_init)
> 
> As mentioned elsewhere, make this a normal module_init() format and only
> load the module if the hardware is present.  Don't just always be

This feature needs to be enabled by default for all valid TDX guests.

If TDX support is enabled and the guest is a valid TDX guest, the
"X86 FEATURE TDX GUEST" feature flag will be set. So looking for
"if(!cpu feature enabled(X86 FEATURE TDX GUEST))" will ensure that
the interface is only created in a valid TDX guest.

Even if we make it into a separate driver and use module init(), we'll
have to use the same "if(!cpu feature enabled(X86 FEATURE TDX GUEST))"
check to create and load the device. This approach was used in earlier
versions of this driver. We later changed it to initcall because it
appeared to be a roundabout approach.

Let me know if you still suggest to use module_init() model.

Following is the sample implementation with module_init() and this code
will be compiled with CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_GUEST=y.

+static struct platform_driver tdx_attest_driver = {
+	.probe		= tdx_attest_probe,
+	.remove		= tdx_attest_remove,
+	.driver		= {
+		.name	= DRIVER_NAME,
+	},
+};
+
+static int __init tdx_attest_init(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	/* Make sure we are in a valid TDX platform */
+	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
+		return -EIO;
+
+	ret = platform_driver_register(&tdx_attest_driver);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("failed to register driver, err=%d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	pdev = platform_device_register_simple(DRIVER_NAME, -1, NULL, 0);
+	if (IS_ERR(pdev)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(pdev);
+		pr_err("failed to allocate device, err=%d\n", ret);
+		platform_driver_unregister(&tdx_attest_driver);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void __exit tdx_attest_exit(void)
+{
+	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
+	platform_driver_unregister(&tdx_attest_driver);
+}
+
+module_init(tdx_attest_init);
+module_exit(tdx_attest_exit);

> built/loaded, that's not ok.



> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer