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

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Message-ID: <CB733CD0-C5B5-464C-AD75-DD5475BCF194@zytor.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:55:22 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...ux.intel.com>, 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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 16/21] x86/virt/seamldr: Handle TDX Module update failures

On January 14, 2026 10:24:22 PM PST, Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>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"?

"e.g." (for example) means the following list is non-exhaustive.