linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] virt: tdx-guest: Handle GetQuote request error code

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Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 16:17:40 +0300
From: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: x86@...nel.org, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] virt: tdx-guest: Handle GetQuote request error code

On Tue, Jan 09, 2024 at 05:46:04AM +0000, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> Currently when a user requests for the Quote generation, the Quote
> generation handler (tdx_report_new()) only checks whether the VMM
> successfully processes the Quote generation request (status !=
> GET_QUOTE_IN_FLIGHT) and returns the output to the user without
> validating the status of the output data. Since VMM can return error
> even after processing the Quote request, returning success just after
> successful processing will create confusion to the user. Although for
> the failed request, output buffer length will be zero and can also be
> used by the user to identify the failure case, it will be more clear to
> return error for all failed cases. So validate the Quote output status
> and return error code for all failed cases.

Could you split commit message into several paragraphs? It would be easier
to get along.

It can be helpful to follow structure like:

<Background>

<Problem>

<Solution>

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  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov