Re: [PATCH v3 01/10] x86/virt/tdx: Add a helper to read a table of metadata fields

From: Nikolay Borisov

Date: Thu Oct 01 2026 - 12:51:35 EST




On 30.09.26 г. 8:38 ч., Chao Gao wrote:
The metadata field readers get_tdx_sys_info_<class>() in
tdx_global_metadata.c were generated by an out-of-tree script. That has
not worked out: the JSON file they were generated from is neither stable
nor authoritative enough [1]. The goal now is to maintain the readers by
hand and to establish one standard way of adding a metadata field.

Take get_tdx_sys_info_version() as an example:

if (!ret && !(ret = read_sys_metadata_field(0x0800000100000003, &val)))
sysinfo_version->minor_version = val;
if (!ret && !(ret = read_sys_metadata_field(0x0800000100000004, &val)))
sysinfo_version->major_version = val;
if (!ret && !(ret = read_sys_metadata_field(0x0800000100000005, &val)))
sysinfo_version->update_version = val;

Two patterns stand out: the read-check-store sequence repeats once per
field, and the error of each read is chained into the reads that follow.
Neither is common in hand-written code.

Prepare to eliminate both with a loop that reads each field, stores the
value into its structure member, and returns on the first error.

Add 'struct field_mapping' to describe one field as its ID plus the offset
and size of the member that receives its value. Add TDX_SYSINFO_MAP() to
build such an entry from a field ID, a structure type and a member name.
Add __read_sys_metadata_table() helper to read every field in a table.
Annotate that helper __maybe_unused as there is no caller right now.

Following changes will convert the existing readers to use the new helper.

AI was used under supervision to review code and workshop logs. It
suggested adding read_sys_metadata_table() macro, which avoids repeating
the table name when passing both the table and its size.

Signed-off-by: Chao Gao <chao.gao@xxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/1e7bcbad-eb26-44b7-97ca-88ab53467212@xxxxxxxxx/ # [1]

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx>