Re: [PATCH v2 3/5] x86/virt/tdx: Detect if the extensions initialization is required
From: Nikolay Borisov
Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 13:29:17 EST
On 15.09.26 г. 13:26 ч., Xu Yilun wrote:
Some add-on features require TDX module extensions. The TDX module
provides a metadata field "ext_required" to indicate this requirement.
Add the first step of TDX module extensions initialization by detecting
if the extensions are required:
1. Check if the extensions are supported via TDX_FEATURES0_EXT. If
not, ext_required is not readable.
2. Check if any TDX feature needs the extensions via ext_required.
Skip the extensions initialization when it is not required.
Currently all metadata fields are read at the very beginning of TDX
module initialization. However, ext_required is only valid after the
add-on feature configuration, so it cannot use the existing metadata
reading method.
Add a dedicated metadata reading interface for the extensions, call it
after add-on feature configuration.
Signed-off-by: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tony Lindgren <tony.lindgren@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v1:
- Include struct tdx_sys_info_ext in struct tdx_sys_info.
---
arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h | 5 ++++
arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++
arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx_global_metadata.c | 14 +++++++++++
4 files changed, 48 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
index 89e97d5761d8..6657f2db0330 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
/* Bit definitions of TDX_FEATURES0 metadata field */
#define TDX_FEATURES0_TD_PRESERVING BIT_ULL(1)
#define TDX_FEATURES0_NO_RBP_MOD BIT_ULL(18)
+#define TDX_FEATURES0_EXT BIT_ULL(39)
#ifndef __ASSEMBLER__
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h
index 41150d546589..fe3fe91de71f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx_global_metadata.h
@@ -44,12 +44,17 @@ struct tdx_sys_info_handoff {
u16 module_hv;
};
+struct tdx_sys_info_ext {
+ bool ext_required;
+};
+
struct tdx_sys_info {
struct tdx_sys_info_version version;
struct tdx_sys_info_features features;
struct tdx_sys_info_tdmr tdmr;
struct tdx_sys_info_td_ctrl td_ctrl;
struct tdx_sys_info_td_conf td_conf;
+ struct tdx_sys_info_ext ext;
};
#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
index 763c2d1b25d0..916a8906da10 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -1181,6 +1181,30 @@ static __init int init_tdmrs(struct tdmr_info_list *tdmr_list)
return 0;
}
+static __init int init_tdx_module_extensions(void)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (!(tdx_sysinfo.features.tdx_features0 & TDX_FEATURES0_EXT))
+ return 0;
+
+ ret = get_tdx_sys_info_ext(&tdx_sysinfo.ext);
+ if (ret)
+ return ret;
+
+ /*
+ * ext_required indicates if any add-on features requiring TDX module
+ * extensions are configured via TDH.SYS.CONFIG. If none, skip the
+ * initialization.
+ */
+ if (!tdx_sysinfo.ext.ext_required)
+ return 0;
I'm slightly confused by the parlance introduced here. TDX_FEATURES0_EXT indicates whether this tdx module supports extensions. And ext_required aka 0x3100000000000001 is, as per td_scope_metadata.json: "Extended Features Available Mask: indicates the extended user and system features which are available for the TD." So aren't by definition all add-on features extensions. How do you distinguish add-on which are extensions and those which aren't? I think it's best if ext_required is referred to as "ext_mask" or some such and not ext_required. That value is not about what is required but rather what is available, no ?
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