Re: [PATCH v5 1/6] x86/tdx: Take the Quote buffer as a generic pointer

[Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan]

Hi,

On 9/28/2026 3:08 AM, Peter Fang wrote:
> tdx_hcall_get_quote() takes a "u8 *" buffer unnecessarily. It is never
> used as such, since only the buffer's memory address matters. Let the
> guest driver give the buffer a type internally and just accept it as a
> "void *" instead.
> 
> AI was used under supervision to collect/apply feedback, review code and
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> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Fang <peter.fang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> v5:
>  - New patch. Prepare for a typed Quote buffer. [Dave]
> ---
>  arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c    | 2 +-
>  arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> index f904a636d449..bcaf4180a8db 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tdx_mcall_extend_rtmr);
>   *
>   * Return 0 on success or error code on failure.
>   */
> -u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(u8 *buf, size_t size)
> +u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(void *buf, size_t size)
>  {
>  	/* Since buf is a shared memory, set the shared (decrypted) bits */
>  	return _tdx_hypercall(TDVMCALL_GET_QUOTE, cc_mkdec(virt_to_phys(buf)), size, 0, 0);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
> index 89e97d5761d8..a3c37d61e676 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
> @@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int tdx_mcall_get_report0(u8 *reportdata, u8 *tdreport);
>  
>  int tdx_mcall_extend_rtmr(u8 index, u8 *data);
>  
> -u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(u8 *buf, size_t size);
> +u64 tdx_hcall_get_quote(void *buf, size_t size);
>  
>  void __init tdx_dump_attributes(u64 td_attr);
>  void __init tdx_dump_td_ctls(u64 td_ctls);

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer