Re: [PATCH v3 00/16] KVM: x86/tdx: Have TDX handle VMXON during bringup

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, Mar 05, 2026, dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Fri, 13 Feb 2026 17:26:46 -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > Assuming I didn't break anything between v2 and v3, I think this is ready to
> > > rip.  Given the scope of the KVM changes, and that they extend outside of x86,
> > > my preference is to take this through the KVM tree.  But a stable topic branch
> > > in tip would work too, though I think we'd want it sooner than later so that
> > > it can be used as a base.
> > > 
> > > Chao, I deliberately omitted your Tested-by, as I shuffled things around enough
> > > while splitting up the main patch that I'm not 100% positive I didn't regress
> > > anything relative to v2.
> > > 
> > > [...]
> > 
> > Applied to kvm-x86 vmxon, with the minor fixups.  I'll make sure not to touch
> > the hashes at this point, but holler if anyone wants an "official" stable tag.
> 
> Thanks, Sean!
> 
> Please do make an official stable tag that I can use for coordinating
> the initial TDX Connect enabling series. While there is no strict
> dependency I do not want it to be the case that a bisect of TDX Connect
> bounces between a world where you need to load kvm_intel before the PCI
> layer can do link encryption operations and keep it loaded etc.

With a timestamp, in case fixups on top are needed:

kvm-x86-vmxon-2026.03.05