[PATCH v5 5/6] x86/tdx: Add a helper to query maximum Quote size
From: Peter Fang
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 06:13:06 EST
TDX attestation report ("Quote") sizes can grow with newer crypto
algorithms, so guests can no longer rely on a fixed-size buffer for the
Quote.
The TDX module added a new ABI that reports the largest possible Quote
size via a metadata field [1]. Add a helper to query the size instead of
exposing tdg_vm_rd() directly, as it can read arbitrary metadata fields.
The reported size covers every Quote type the platform can produce,
including SGX-based Quotes.
Thanks to Xu Yilun for suggesting this in an off-list discussion.
AI was used under supervision to collect/apply feedback, review code and
workshop logs.
[1] Intel TDX Module ABI Definitions, August 2026, TD-scope metadata
field "TD_QUOTE_MAX_SIZE"
Signed-off-by: Peter Fang <peter.fang@xxxxxxxxx>
---
v5:
- Drop unused EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(). [Dave]
- Use an error code to report failure. [Dave]
- Drop the u32 cast. [Dave]
- Replace the kernel-doc comment with a one-liner. [Dave]
- Drop the RB tags, as the code changed substantially.
v4:
- Update the TDCS_QUOTE_MAX_SIZE encoding to 0x9010000200000007. [1]
- Provide documentation for the metadata field. [Rick, Kiryl]
- Document that the reported size covers every Quote type. [Xiaoyao]
- Document that a module update does not change the reported size.
[Tony]
- Add Tony's Reviewed-by.
v3:
- No code changes. Add Binbin's Reviewed-by.
v2:
- Keep the explicit (u32) cast to document the metadata field width.
[Binbin]
- Note that Xu Yilun's suggestion was made in an off-list discussion.
[Sathya]
- Drop the Assisted-by tags, as the code was not written by AI.
---
arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h | 2 ++
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
index bcaf4180a8db..323e1efc78ea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -198,6 +198,22 @@ u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(void *buf, size_t size)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tdx_hcall_get_quote);
+/*
+ * Ask the TDX module what the largest possible Quote might be.
+ */
+int tdx_get_max_quote_size(u64 *max_quote_size)
+{
+ u64 err;
+
+ err = tdg_vm_rd(TDCS_QUOTE_MAX_SIZE, max_quote_size);
+
+ /* Old modules do not support this. Tell the caller. */
+ if (err)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
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 f20e91d7ac35..6f106d4b1a58 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/shared/tdx.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
/* 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 0x9010000200000007
#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 a3c37d61e676..6a465827d8f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
@@ -83,6 +83,8 @@ int tdx_mcall_extend_rtmr(u8 index, u8 *data);
u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(void *buf, size_t size);
+int tdx_get_max_quote_size(u64 *max_quote_size);
+
void __init tdx_dump_attributes(u64 td_attr);
void __init tdx_dump_td_ctls(u64 td_ctls);
--
2.53.0