linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: VMX: Initialize TDX during KVM module load

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Message-ID: <28d1c75da965c53b9162521477af5a966967125c.camel@intel.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 21:29:43 +0000
From: "Edgecombe, Rick P" <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>
To: "seanjc@...gle.com" <seanjc@...gle.com>, "Huang, Kai"
	<kai.huang@...el.com>
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 Reinette" <reinette.chatre@...el.com>, "Williams, Dan J"
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	"kvm@...r.kernel.org" <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, "Zhao, Yan Y"
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	<kristen@...ux.intel.com>, "Yamahata, Isaku" <isaku.yamahata@...el.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: VMX: Initialize TDX during KVM module load

Paolo,

On Fri, 2024-11-01 at 10:21 +1300, Huang, Kai wrote:
> > 
> > I would prefer the logic to be: reject loading kvm-intel.ko if an operation
> > that
> > would normally succeed, fails.
> 
> OK will change to what you suggested.  I'll need to take a deeper look 
> though since later patches will add more checks.
> 
> Thanks for the comments!

We had talked about you taking this series over, under the assumption that it
was mostly settled. Would it help for us to spin another branch with these
changes?