Re: [PATCHv13 9/9] x86/tdx: Add unaccepted memory support

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On 6/2/23 07:26, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>> So this is a change in this version. If tdx_accept_memory() fails,
>> you'll report unknown platform. Wouldn't it be better to have an error
>> message that indicates a failure in the accept path?
>>
> 
> Maybe you can keep it similar to the v12 version with just a new error
> message, something like:
> 
>     if (early_is_tdx_guest()) {
>         if (!tdx_accept_memory(start, end))
>             error("TDX error accepting memory\n");
>     } else {
>         error("Cannot accept memory: unknown platform\n");
>     }

In the end, these errors aren't plumbed out to the page allocator.  They
*need* to succeed or we are dead anyway.  Should we just send a fatal
error up to the TDX module when we fail to accept memory?  It's
_slightly_ less opaque than plowing into an unaccepted page.




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