Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/tdx: Add helper to query maximum TD Quote size
From: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
Date: Mon Jul 13 2026 - 12:05:57 EST
On 6/12/2026 4:08 AM, Peter Fang wrote:
> TDX attestation blob ("TD Quote") sizes can grow with newer
> cryptographic schemes, so guests can no longer rely on a fixed-size
> buffer for the Quote.
>
> Newer TDX modules report the maximum TD Quote size via a TD-scope
> metadata field. Add a helper to query it instead of exposing tdg_vm_rd()
> directly, as it can read arbitrary metadata fields.
>
> Thanks to Xu Yilun for suggesting this.
I'm not sure what the original suggestion was. Perhaps a link to the discussion
(or Xu Yilun's email) would be helpful for context.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:claude-opus-4-7
> Assisted-by: GitHub Copilot:gpt-5.4
> Signed-off-by: Peter Fang <peter.fang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
Looks good to me.
Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h | 2 ++
> 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> index 186915a17c50..88c66c46e70a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> @@ -197,6 +197,25 @@ u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(u8 *buf, size_t size)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tdx_hcall_get_quote);
>
> +/**
> + * tdx_get_max_quote_size() - Get the maximum TD Quote size
> + *
> + * Read the maximum size of a TD Quote from a 4-byte TD metadata field. The TDX
> + * guest driver uses it to size the buffer for Quote retrieval. Older TDX
> + * modules do not support this field and return an error.
> + *
> + * Return: Maximum Quote size in bytes on success, or 0 on failure.
> + */
> +u32 tdx_get_max_quote_size(void)
> +{
> + u64 val, ret;
> +
> + ret = tdg_vm_rd(TDCS_QUOTE_MAX_SIZE, &val);
> +
> + return ret ? 0 : (u32)val;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tdx_get_max_quote_size);
> +
> static void __noreturn tdx_panic(const char *msg)
> {
> struct tdx_module_args args = {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h
> index 049638e3da74..2880f493a8e5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h
> @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
> /* TDX TD-Scope Metadata. To be used by TDG.VM.WR and TDG.VM.RD */
> #define TDCS_CONFIG_FLAGS 0x1110000300000016
> #define TDCS_TD_CTLS 0x1110000300000017
> +#define TDCS_QUOTE_MAX_SIZE 0x9010000200000008
> #define TDCS_NOTIFY_ENABLES 0x9100000000000010
> #define TDCS_TOPOLOGY_ENUM_CONFIGURED 0x9100000000000019
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
> index a149740b24e8..ac39674c9479 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
> @@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ int tdx_mcall_extend_rtmr(u8 index, u8 *data);
>
> u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(u8 *buf, size_t size);
>
> +u32 tdx_get_max_quote_size(void);
> +
> void __init tdx_dump_attributes(u64 td_attr);
> void __init tdx_dump_td_ctls(u64 td_ctls);
>
--
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer