linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 16/21] x86/virt/seamldr: Handle TDX Module update failures

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Message-ID: <aWiIFlbrGqBjpyvX@yilunxu-OptiPlex-7050>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:24:22 +0800
From: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...ux.intel.com>
To: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
Cc: linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	x86@...nel.org, reinette.chatre@...el.com, ira.weiny@...el.com,
	kai.huang@...el.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com, sagis@...gle.com,
	vannapurve@...gle.com, paulmck@...nel.org, nik.borisov@...e.com,
	Farrah Chen <farrah.chen@...el.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kas@...nel.org>,
	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/21] x86/virt/seamldr: Handle TDX Module update
 failures

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 07:53:00PM -0700, Chao Gao wrote:
> Failures encountered after a successful module shutdown are unrecoverable,
> e.g., there is no way to restore the old TDX Module.

"e.g." is obscure. To me, the following sentence is explaining the
reason why the failure is not recoverable. Maybe "i.e." or "because"?