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

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Message-ID: <aW3Ce05mZKCYYoKo@intel.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 13:34:51 +0800
From: Chao Gao <chao.gao@...el.com>
To: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
CC: Xu Yilun <yilun.xu@...ux.intel.com>, <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 Sun, Jan 18, 2026 at 08:55:22PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>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.

Yes, 'i.e.' or 'because' would be more appropriate since the next sentence
explains 'unrecoverable'.