linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 1/3] x86/tdx: Add TDX Guest attestation interface driver

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Date:   Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:09:19 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
        Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>,
        Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...il.com>,
        marcelo.cerri@...onical.com, tim.gardner@...onical.com,
        khalid.elmously@...onical.com, philip.cox@...onical.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 1/3] x86/tdx: Add TDX Guest attestation interface
 driver

On Fri, Sep 09, 2022 at 12:27:06PM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> +static int __init tdx_guest_init(void)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
> +		return -EIO;
> +
> +	ret = misc_register(&tdx_misc_dev);
> +	if (ret) {
> +		pr_err("misc device registration failed\n");
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +device_initcall(tdx_guest_init)

As mentioned elsewhere, make this a normal module_init() format and only
load the module if the hardware is present.  Don't just always be
built/loaded, that's not ok.

thanks,

greg k-h