Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/virt/tdx: Print TDX module version during init

From: Verma, Vishal L
Date: Thu Jan 08 2026 - 13:46:44 EST


On Thu, 2026-01-08 at 10:50 +0000, Kiryl Shutsemau wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2026 at 05:31:29PM -0700, Vishal Verma wrote:
> > It is useful to print the TDX module version in dmesg logs. This allows
> > for a quick spot check for whether the correct/expected TDX module is
> > being loaded, and also creates a record for any future problems being
> > investigated. This was also requested in [1].
> >
> > Include the version in the log messages during init, e.g.:
> >
> >   virt/tdx: TDX module version: 1.5.24
> >   virt/tdx: 1034220 KB allocated for PAMT
> >   virt/tdx: module initialized
> >
> > ..followed by remaining TDX initialization messages (or errors).
> >
> > Print the version early in init_tdx_module(), right after the global
> > metadata is read, which makes it available even if there are subsequent
> > initialization failures.
>
> One thing to note that if metadata read fails, we will not get there.
>
> The daisy chaining we use for metadata read makes it fragile. Some
> metadata fields are version/feature dependant, like you can see in DPAMT
> case.
>
> It can be useful to dump version information, even if get_tdx_sys_info()
> fails. Version info is likely to be valid on failure.

Good point, maybe something like this to print it as soon as it is
retrieved?

---3<---

diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
index fba00ddc11f1..5ce4ebe99774 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -1084,11 +1084,6 @@ static int init_tdx_module(void)
if (ret)
return ret;

- pr_info("Module version: %u.%u.%02u\n",
- tdx_sysinfo.version.major_version,
- tdx_sysinfo.version.minor_version,
- tdx_sysinfo.version.update_version);
-
/* Check whether the kernel can support this module */
ret = check_features(&tdx_sysinfo);
if (ret)
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c
index 0454124803f3..4c9917a9c2c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c
@@ -105,6 +105,12 @@ static int get_tdx_sys_info(struct tdx_sys_info *sysinfo)
int ret = 0;

ret = ret ?: get_tdx_sys_info_version(&sysinfo->version);
+
+ pr_info("Module version: %u.%u.%02u\n",
+ sysinfo->version.major_version,
+ sysinfo->version.minor_version,
+ sysinfo->version.update_version);
+
ret = ret ?: get_tdx_sys_info_features(&sysinfo->features);
ret = ret ?: get_tdx_sys_info_tdmr(&sysinfo->tdmr);
ret = ret ?: get_tdx_sys_info_td_ctrl(&sysinfo->td_ctrl);