[PATCH 1/3] x86/tdx: Share tdx_panic() with the EFI stub

From: Ard Biesheuvel

Date: Mon Sep 14 2026 - 14:38:29 EST


Move the implementation of tdx_panic() into the source file that is
shared with the decompressor and the EFI stub.

Use memcpy() and strnlen() instead of strtomem_pad(), as the latter does
not exist in the early boot code.

Note that __tdx_hypercall() may call __tdx_hypercall_failed() if the
hypercall returns with an error (while it should never return to begin
with). __tdx_hypercall_failed() calls the decompressor's error()
routine, which prints a message and then loops forever.

When called from the EFI stub, this error() call may attempt to use port
I/O to the default serial port rather than the TDX hypercalls which the
decompressor uses normally to print diagnostics to the console, but this
is fine: given that this situation only occurs after a catastrophic
error, and a subsequent spurious return from tdx_panic(), whether
error() uses port I/O or not is rather moot at that point, as long as it
never returns.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx-shared.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c | 35 --------------------
arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx-shared.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx-shared.c
index 1655aa56a0a5..5fc36c8b35db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx-shared.c
@@ -89,3 +89,38 @@ noinstr u64 __tdx_hypercall(struct tdx_module_args *args)
/* TDVMCALL leaf return code is in R10 */
return args->r10;
}
+
+void __noreturn tdx_panic(const char *msg)
+{
+ struct tdx_module_args args = {
+ .r10 = TDX_HYPERCALL_STANDARD,
+ .r11 = TDVMCALL_REPORT_FATAL_ERROR,
+ .r12 = 0, /* Error code: 0 is Panic */
+ };
+ union {
+ /* Define register order according to the GHCI */
+ struct { u64 r14, r15, rbx, rdi, rsi, r8, r9, rdx; };
+
+ char bytes[64] __nonstring;
+ } message = {};
+
+ /* VMM assumes '\0' in byte 65, if the message took all 64 bytes */
+ memcpy(message.bytes, msg, strnlen(msg, sizeof(message)));
+
+ args.r8 = message.r8;
+ args.r9 = message.r9;
+ args.r14 = message.r14;
+ args.r15 = message.r15;
+ args.rdi = message.rdi;
+ args.rsi = message.rsi;
+ args.rbx = message.rbx;
+ args.rdx = message.rdx;
+
+ /*
+ * This hypercall should never return and it is not safe
+ * to keep the guest running. Call it forever if it
+ * happens to return.
+ */
+ while (1)
+ __tdx_hypercall(&args);
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
index f904a636d449..a9a16d0fb5c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -198,41 +198,6 @@ u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(u8 *buf, size_t size)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tdx_hcall_get_quote);

-static void __noreturn tdx_panic(const char *msg)
-{
- struct tdx_module_args args = {
- .r10 = TDX_HYPERCALL_STANDARD,
- .r11 = TDVMCALL_REPORT_FATAL_ERROR,
- .r12 = 0, /* Error code: 0 is Panic */
- };
- union {
- /* Define register order according to the GHCI */
- struct { u64 r14, r15, rbx, rdi, rsi, r8, r9, rdx; };
-
- char bytes[64] __nonstring;
- } message;
-
- /* VMM assumes '\0' in byte 65, if the message took all 64 bytes */
- strtomem_pad(message.bytes, msg, '\0');
-
- args.r8 = message.r8;
- args.r9 = message.r9;
- args.r14 = message.r14;
- args.r15 = message.r15;
- args.rdi = message.rdi;
- args.rsi = message.rsi;
- args.rbx = message.rbx;
- args.rdx = message.rdx;
-
- /*
- * This hypercall should never return and it is not safe
- * to keep the guest running. Call it forever if it
- * happens to return.
- */
- while (1)
- __tdx_hypercall(&args);
-}
-
/*
* The kernel cannot handle #VEs when accessing normal kernel memory. Ensure
* that no #VE will be delivered for accesses to TD-private memory.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h
index f20e91d7ac35..e5785258e547 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ static inline u64 _tdx_hypercall(u64 fn, u64 r12, u64 r13, u64 r14, u64 r15)
return __tdx_hypercall(&args);
}

+void __noreturn tdx_panic(const char *msg);

/* Called from __tdx_hypercall() for unrecoverable failure */
void __noreturn __tdx_hypercall_failed(void);
--
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