Subject: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

TDX guest driver exposes IOCTL interfaces to service TDX guest
user-specific requests. Currently, it is only used to allow the user to
get the TDREPORT to support TDX attestation.

Details about the TDX attestation process are documented in
Documentation/x86/tdx.rst, and the IOCTL details are documented in
Documentation/virt/coco/tdx-guest.rst.

Operations like getting TDREPORT involves sending a blob of data as
input and getting another blob of data as output. It was considered
to use a sysfs interface for this, but it doesn't fit well into the
standard sysfs model for configuring values. It would be possible to
do read/write on files, but it would need multiple file descriptors,
which would be somewhat messy. IOCTLs seems to be the best fitting
and simplest model for this use case. The AMD sev-guest driver also
uses IOCTL interface to support attestation.

[Bagas Sanjaya: Ack is for documentation portion]
Acked-by: Kai Huang <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Wander Lairson Costa <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Tony Luck <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Mika Westerberg <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <[email protected]>
---

Changes since v14:
* Used tdx_mcall_get_report() wrapper instead of __tdx_module_call()
call.
* Added pr_err() messages for some failure cases in tdx_get_report().
* Used KBUILD_MODNAME instead of device name.
* Rebased on top of v6.1-rc1

Changes since v13:
* Converted the driver from built-in to a driver module
as per Greg's suggestion.
* Moved the driver to drivers/virt/coco to match AMD SEV.
* Added support to autoload the driver based on
X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST CPU feature.
* Squashed patch titled "Documentation/x86: Document TDX
attestation process" with this patch.
* Since the attestation process is already documented in
Documentation/x86/tdx.rst, remove it from the commit log.
* Modified the commit log to match the new format.
* Explicitly included the required header files.
* Fixed magic number usage in reserved member check.

Changes since v13:
* Fixed the commit log as per review suggestion.
* Explicitly included the required header files.
* Fixed magic number usage in reserved member check.

Changes since v12:
* Added check to ensure reserved entries are set as 0.

Changes since v11:
* Renamed DRIVER_NAME to TDX_GUEST_DEVICE and moved it to
arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/tdx.h.
* Fixed default error number in tdx_guest_ioctl().
* Moved tdx_misc_dev definition out of tdx_guest_init() as
per Greg's suggestion.
* Reordered struct tdx_report_req to avoid holes and added
required padding.

Changes since v10:
* Replaced TD/TD Guest usage with TDX Guest or Guest.
* Removed unnecessary comments.
* Added more validation to user input in tdx_get_report().
* Used u64_to_user_ptr when reading user u64 pointers.
* Fixed commit log as per review comments.

Changes since v9:
* Dropped the cover letter. Since this patch set only adds
TDREPORT support, the commit log itself has all the required details.
* Dropped the Quote support and event IRQ support as per Dave's
review suggestion.
* Dropped attest.c and moved its contents to tdx.c
* Updated commit log and comments to reflect latest changes.

Changes since v8:
* Please refer to https://lore.kernel.org/all/ \
20220728034420.648314-1-sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com/

Documentation/virt/coco/tdx-guest.rst | 42 ++++++++
Documentation/virt/index.rst | 1 +
Documentation/x86/tdx.rst | 43 ++++++++
drivers/virt/Kconfig | 2 +
drivers/virt/Makefile | 1 +
drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Kconfig | 10 ++
drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Makefile | 2 +
drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c | 131 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h | 51 +++++++++
9 files changed, 283 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 Documentation/virt/coco/tdx-guest.rst
create mode 100644 drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Kconfig
create mode 100644 drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Makefile
create mode 100644 drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
create mode 100644 include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h

diff --git a/Documentation/virt/coco/tdx-guest.rst b/Documentation/virt/coco/tdx-guest.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4fe72829bdd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/virt/coco/tdx-guest.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+===================================================================
+TDX Guest API Documentation
+===================================================================
+
+1. General description
+======================
+
+The TDX guest driver exposes IOCTL interfaces via /dev/tdx-guest misc
+device to allow userspace to get certain TDX guest specific details.
+
+2. API description
+==================
+
+In this section, for each supported IOCTL, following information is
+provided along with a generic description.
+
+:Input parameters: Parameters passed to the IOCTL and related details.
+:Output: Details about output data and return value (with details about the non
+ common error values).
+
+2.1 TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT
+----------------------
+
+:Input parameters: struct tdx_report_req
+:Output: Upon successful execution, TDREPORT data is copied to
+ tdx_report_req.tdreport and return 0. Return -EIO on
+ TDCALL failure or standard error number on other common
+ failures.
+
+The TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT IOCTL can be used by the attestation software to
+get the TDREPORT from the TDX module using TDCALL[TDG.MR.REPORT].
+
+Reference
+---------
+
+TDX reference material is collected here:
+
+https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/technical/intel-trust-domain-extensions.html
+
+The driver is based on TDX module specification v1.0 and TDX GHCI specification v1.0.
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/index.rst b/Documentation/virt/index.rst
index 2f1cffa87b1b..56e003ff28ff 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/index.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ Linux Virtualization Support
ne_overview
acrn/index
coco/sev-guest
+ coco/tdx-guest
hyperv/index

.. only:: html and subproject
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/tdx.rst b/Documentation/x86/tdx.rst
index b8fa4329e1a5..014b769923a4 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/tdx.rst
+++ b/Documentation/x86/tdx.rst
@@ -210,6 +210,49 @@ converted to shared on boot.
For coherent DMA allocation, the DMA buffer gets converted on the
allocation. Check force_dma_unencrypted() for details.

+Attestation
+===========
+
+Attestation is used to verify the TDX guest trustworthiness to other
+entities before provisioning secrets to the guest. For example, a key
+server may want to use attestation to verify that the guest is the
+desired one before releasing the encryption keys to mount the encrypted
+rootfs or secondary drive.
+
+The TDX module records the state of the TDX guest in various stages of
+the guest boot process using build time measurement register (MRTD) and
+runtime measurement registers (RTMR). Measurements related to guest
+initial configuration and firmware image are recorded in the MRTD
+register. Measurements related to initial state, kernel image, firmware
+image, command line options, initrd, ACPI tables, etc are recorded in
+RTMR registers. For more details as an example, please refer to TDX
+Virtual Firmware design specification, sec titled "TD Measurement". At
+TDX guest runtime, the attestation process is used to attest to these
+measurements.
+
+The attestation process consists of two steps: TDREPORT generation and
+Quote generation.
+
+TDX guest uses TDCALL[TDG.MR.REPORT] to get the TDREPORT (TDREPORT_STRUCT)
+from the TDX module. TDREPORT is a fixed-size data structure generated by
+the TDX module which contains guest-specific information (such as build
+and boot measurements), platform security version, and the MAC to protect
+the integrity of the TDREPORT. A user-provided 64-Byte REPORTDATA is used
+as input and included in the TDREPORT. Typically it can be some nonce
+provided by attestation service so the TDREPORT can be verified uniquely.
+More details about the TDREPORT can be found in Intel TDX Module
+specification, section titled "TDG.MR.REPORT Leaf".
+
+After getting the TDREPORT, the second step of the attestation process
+is to send it to the Quoting Enclave (QE) to generate the Quote. TDREPORT
+by design can only be verified on the local platform as the MAC key is
+bound to the platform. To support remote verification of the TDREPORT,
+TDX leverages Intel SGX Quoting Enclave to verify the TDREPORT locally
+and convert it to a remotely verifiable Quote. Method of sending TDREPORT
+to QE is implementation specific. Attestation software can choose
+whatever communication channel available (i.e. vsock or TCP/IP) to
+send the TDREPORT to QE and receive the Quote.
+
References
==========

diff --git a/drivers/virt/Kconfig b/drivers/virt/Kconfig
index 87ef258cec64..f79ab13a5c28 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/virt/Kconfig
@@ -52,4 +52,6 @@ source "drivers/virt/coco/efi_secret/Kconfig"

source "drivers/virt/coco/sev-guest/Kconfig"

+source "drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Kconfig"
+
endif
diff --git a/drivers/virt/Makefile b/drivers/virt/Makefile
index 093674e05c40..e9aa6fc96fab 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/virt/Makefile
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NITRO_ENCLAVES) += nitro_enclaves/
obj-$(CONFIG_ACRN_HSM) += acrn/
obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_SECRET) += coco/efi_secret/
obj-$(CONFIG_SEV_GUEST) += coco/sev-guest/
+obj-$(CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_GUEST) += coco/tdx-guest/
diff --git a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Kconfig b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..14246fc2fb02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config TDX_GUEST_DRIVER
+ tristate "TDX Guest driver"
+ depends on INTEL_TDX_GUEST
+ help
+ The driver provides userspace interface to communicate with
+ the TDX module to request the TDX guest details like attestation
+ report.
+
+ To compile this driver as module, choose M here. The module will
+ be called tdx-guest.
diff --git a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Makefile b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4396ec319589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+obj-$(CONFIG_TDX_GUEST_DRIVER) += tdx-guest.o
diff --git a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..568eeff35901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+/*
+ * TDX guest user interface driver
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation
+ */
+
+#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/miscdevice.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/mod_devicetable.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
+
+#include <uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h>
+
+#include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
+#include <asm/tdx.h>
+
+static long tdx_get_report(void __user *argp)
+{
+ u8 *reportdata, *tdreport;
+ struct tdx_report_req req;
+ long ret;
+
+ if (copy_from_user(&req, argp, sizeof(req)))
+ return -EFAULT;
+
+ /*
+ * Per TDX Module 1.0 specification, section titled
+ * "TDG.MR.REPORT", REPORTDATA length is fixed as
+ * TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN, TDREPORT length is fixed as
+ * TDX_REPORT_LEN, and TDREPORT subtype is fixed as 0.
+ */
+ if (req.subtype || req.rpd_len != TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN ||
+ req.tdr_len != TDX_REPORT_LEN) {
+ pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: invalid req: subtype:%u rpd_len:%u tdr_len:%u\n",
+ req.subtype, req.rpd_len, req.tdr_len);
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ if (memchr_inv(req.reserved, 0, sizeof(req.reserved))) {
+ pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: Non zero value in reserved field\n");
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+
+ reportdata = kmalloc(req.rpd_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!reportdata)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ tdreport = kzalloc(req.tdr_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+ if (!tdreport) {
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (copy_from_user(reportdata, u64_to_user_ptr(req.reportdata),
+ req.rpd_len)) {
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ /* Generate TDREPORT using "TDG.MR.REPORT" TDCALL */
+ ret = tdx_mcall_get_report(reportdata, tdreport, req.subtype);
+ if (ret) {
+ pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: TDCALL failed\n");
+ goto out;
+ }
+
+ if (copy_to_user(u64_to_user_ptr(req.tdreport), tdreport, req.tdr_len))
+ ret = -EFAULT;
+
+out:
+ kfree(reportdata);
+ kfree(tdreport);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+static long tdx_guest_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
+ unsigned long arg)
+{
+ switch (cmd) {
+ case TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT:
+ return tdx_get_report((void __user *)arg);
+ default:
+ return -ENOTTY;
+ }
+}
+
+static const struct file_operations tdx_guest_fops = {
+ .owner = THIS_MODULE,
+ .unlocked_ioctl = tdx_guest_ioctl,
+ .llseek = no_llseek,
+};
+
+static struct miscdevice tdx_misc_dev = {
+ .name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
+ .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
+ .fops = &tdx_guest_fops,
+};
+
+static int __init tdx_guest_init(void)
+{
+ if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
+ return -ENODEV;
+
+ return misc_register(&tdx_misc_dev);
+}
+module_init(tdx_guest_init);
+
+static void __exit tdx_guest_exit(void)
+{
+ misc_deregister(&tdx_misc_dev);
+}
+module_exit(tdx_guest_exit);
+
+#ifdef MODULE
+static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
+ X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
+ {}
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
+#endif
+
+MODULE_AUTHOR("Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <[email protected]>");
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TDX Guest Driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h b/include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fd71774a90ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
+#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_TDX_GUEST_H_
+#define _UAPI_LINUX_TDX_GUEST_H_
+
+#include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <linux/types.h>
+
+/* Length of the REPORTDATA used in TDG.MR.REPORT TDCALL */
+#define TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN 64
+
+/* Length of TDREPORT used in TDG.MR.REPORT TDCALL */
+#define TDX_REPORT_LEN 1024
+
+/**
+ * struct tdx_report_req - Get TDREPORT using REPORTDATA as input.
+ *
+ * @reportdata: User-defined REPORTDATA to be included into TDREPORT.
+ * Typically it can be some nonce provided by attestation
+ * service, so the generated TDREPORT can be uniquely verified.
+ * @tdreport: TDREPORT output from TDCALL[TDG.MR.REPORT].
+ * @rpd_len: Length of the REPORTDATA (fixed as 64 bytes by the TDX Module
+ * specification, but a parameter is added to handle future
+ * extension).
+ * @tdr_len: Length of the TDREPORT (fixed as 1024 bytes by the TDX Module
+ * specification, but a parameter is added to accommodate future
+ * extension).
+ * @subtype: Subtype of TDREPORT (fixed as 0 by the TDX Module specification,
+ * but added a parameter to handle future extension).
+ * @reserved: Reserved entries to handle future requirements. Should be
+ * filled with zeroes.
+ *
+ * Used in TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT IOCTL request.
+ */
+struct tdx_report_req {
+ __u64 reportdata;
+ __u64 tdreport;
+ __u32 rpd_len;
+ __u32 tdr_len;
+ __u8 subtype;
+ __u8 reserved[7];
+};
+
+/*
+ * TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT - Get TDREPORT using TDCALL[TDG.MR.REPORT]
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, -EIO on TDCALL execution failure, and
+ * standard errno on other general error cases.
+ */
+#define TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT _IOWR('T', 1, struct tdx_report_req)
+
+#endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_TDX_GUEST_H_ */
--
2.34.1


2022-10-20 05:45:43

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 09:58:27PM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> +static long tdx_get_report(void __user *argp)
> +{
> + u8 *reportdata, *tdreport;
> + struct tdx_report_req req;
> + long ret;
> +
> + if (copy_from_user(&req, argp, sizeof(req)))
> + return -EFAULT;
> +
> + /*
> + * Per TDX Module 1.0 specification, section titled
> + * "TDG.MR.REPORT", REPORTDATA length is fixed as
> + * TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN, TDREPORT length is fixed as
> + * TDX_REPORT_LEN, and TDREPORT subtype is fixed as 0.
> + */
> + if (req.subtype || req.rpd_len != TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN ||
> + req.tdr_len != TDX_REPORT_LEN) {
> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: invalid req: subtype:%u rpd_len:%u tdr_len:%u\n",
> + req.subtype, req.rpd_len, req.tdr_len);

You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
that.

Also, you have a real device here, use it and call dev_*() instead of
pr_*(). Your code should not have any pr_* calls.


> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + if (memchr_inv(req.reserved, 0, sizeof(req.reserved))) {
> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: Non zero value in reserved field\n");
> + return -EINVAL;
> + }
> +
> + reportdata = kmalloc(req.rpd_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!reportdata)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + tdreport = kzalloc(req.tdr_len, GFP_KERNEL);
> + if (!tdreport) {
> + ret = -ENOMEM;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + if (copy_from_user(reportdata, u64_to_user_ptr(req.reportdata),
> + req.rpd_len)) {
> + ret = -EFAULT;
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + /* Generate TDREPORT using "TDG.MR.REPORT" TDCALL */
> + ret = tdx_mcall_get_report(reportdata, tdreport, req.subtype);
> + if (ret) {
> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: TDCALL failed\n");
> + goto out;
> + }
> +
> + if (copy_to_user(u64_to_user_ptr(req.tdreport), tdreport, req.tdr_len))
> + ret = -EFAULT;
> +
> +out:
> + kfree(reportdata);
> + kfree(tdreport);
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +static long tdx_guest_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
> + unsigned long arg)
> +{
> + switch (cmd) {
> + case TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT:
> + return tdx_get_report((void __user *)arg);
> + default:
> + return -ENOTTY;
> + }
> +}
> +
> +static const struct file_operations tdx_guest_fops = {
> + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
> + .unlocked_ioctl = tdx_guest_ioctl,
> + .llseek = no_llseek,
> +};
> +
> +static struct miscdevice tdx_misc_dev = {
> + .name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
> + .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
> + .fops = &tdx_guest_fops,
> +};
> +
> +static int __init tdx_guest_init(void)
> +{
> + if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> + return misc_register(&tdx_misc_dev);
> +}
> +module_init(tdx_guest_init);
> +
> +static void __exit tdx_guest_exit(void)
> +{
> + misc_deregister(&tdx_misc_dev);
> +}
> +module_exit(tdx_guest_exit);
> +
> +#ifdef MODULE
> +static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
> + X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
> + {}
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
> +#endif

Why the #ifdef? Should not be needed, right?

> +
> +MODULE_AUTHOR("Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <[email protected]>");
> +MODULE_DESCRIPTION("TDX Guest Driver");
> +MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h b/include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..fd71774a90ac
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/tdx-guest.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note */
> +#ifndef _UAPI_LINUX_TDX_GUEST_H_
> +#define _UAPI_LINUX_TDX_GUEST_H_

No Intel copyright notice? Are you sure you ran this code through
internal Intel review properly?

{sigh}


> +
> +#include <linux/ioctl.h>
> +#include <linux/types.h>
> +
> +/* Length of the REPORTDATA used in TDG.MR.REPORT TDCALL */
> +#define TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN 64
> +
> +/* Length of TDREPORT used in TDG.MR.REPORT TDCALL */
> +#define TDX_REPORT_LEN 1024
> +
> +/**
> + * struct tdx_report_req - Get TDREPORT using REPORTDATA as input.
> + *
> + * @reportdata: User-defined REPORTDATA to be included into TDREPORT.
> + * Typically it can be some nonce provided by attestation
> + * service, so the generated TDREPORT can be uniquely verified.
> + * @tdreport: TDREPORT output from TDCALL[TDG.MR.REPORT].
> + * @rpd_len: Length of the REPORTDATA (fixed as 64 bytes by the TDX Module
> + * specification, but a parameter is added to handle future
> + * extension).
> + * @tdr_len: Length of the TDREPORT (fixed as 1024 bytes by the TDX Module
> + * specification, but a parameter is added to accommodate future
> + * extension).
> + * @subtype: Subtype of TDREPORT (fixed as 0 by the TDX Module specification,
> + * but added a parameter to handle future extension).
> + * @reserved: Reserved entries to handle future requirements. Should be

s/Should/Must/

thanks,

greg k-h

Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

Hi,

On 10/19/22 10:38 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 09:58:27PM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
>> +static long tdx_get_report(void __user *argp)
>> +{
>> + u8 *reportdata, *tdreport;
>> + struct tdx_report_req req;
>> + long ret;
>> +
>> + if (copy_from_user(&req, argp, sizeof(req)))
>> + return -EFAULT;
>> +
>> + /*
>> + * Per TDX Module 1.0 specification, section titled
>> + * "TDG.MR.REPORT", REPORTDATA length is fixed as
>> + * TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN, TDREPORT length is fixed as
>> + * TDX_REPORT_LEN, and TDREPORT subtype is fixed as 0.
>> + */
>> + if (req.subtype || req.rpd_len != TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN ||
>> + req.tdr_len != TDX_REPORT_LEN) {
>> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: invalid req: subtype:%u rpd_len:%u tdr_len:%u\n",
>> + req.subtype, req.rpd_len, req.tdr_len);
>
> You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
> that.

Added it to help userspace understand the reason for the failure (only for
the cases like request param issues and TDCALL failure). Boris recommended
adding it in the previous review.


>
> Also, you have a real device here, use it and call dev_*() instead of
> pr_*(). Your code should not have any pr_* calls.

Ok. I will use dev_err variant.

>
>
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (memchr_inv(req.reserved, 0, sizeof(req.reserved))) {
>> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: Non zero value in reserved field\n");
>> + return -EINVAL;
>> + }
>> +
>> + reportdata = kmalloc(req.rpd_len, GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!reportdata)
>> + return -ENOMEM;
>> +
>> + tdreport = kzalloc(req.tdr_len, GFP_KERNEL);
>> + if (!tdreport) {
>> + ret = -ENOMEM;
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (copy_from_user(reportdata, u64_to_user_ptr(req.reportdata),
>> + req.rpd_len)) {
>> + ret = -EFAULT;
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> + /* Generate TDREPORT using "TDG.MR.REPORT" TDCALL */
>> + ret = tdx_mcall_get_report(reportdata, tdreport, req.subtype);
>> + if (ret) {
>> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: TDCALL failed\n");
>> + goto out;
>> + }
>> +
>> + if (copy_to_user(u64_to_user_ptr(req.tdreport), tdreport, req.tdr_len))
>> + ret = -EFAULT;
>> +
>> +out:
>> + kfree(reportdata);
>> + kfree(tdreport);
>> +
>> + return ret;
>> +}
>> +
>> +static long tdx_guest_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
>> + unsigned long arg)
>> +{
>> + switch (cmd) {
>> + case TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT:
>> + return tdx_get_report((void __user *)arg);
>> + default:
>> + return -ENOTTY;
>> + }
>> +}
>> +
>> +static const struct file_operations tdx_guest_fops = {
>> + .owner = THIS_MODULE,
>> + .unlocked_ioctl = tdx_guest_ioctl,
>> + .llseek = no_llseek,
>> +};
>> +
>> +static struct miscdevice tdx_misc_dev = {
>> + .name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
>> + .minor = MISC_DYNAMIC_MINOR,
>> + .fops = &tdx_guest_fops,
>> +};
>> +
>> +static int __init tdx_guest_init(void)
>> +{
>> + if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
>> + return -ENODEV;
>> +
>> + return misc_register(&tdx_misc_dev);
>> +}
>> +module_init(tdx_guest_init);
>> +
>> +static void __exit tdx_guest_exit(void)
>> +{
>> + misc_deregister(&tdx_misc_dev);
>> +}
>> +module_exit(tdx_guest_exit);
>> +
>> +#ifdef MODULE
>> +static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
>> + X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
>> + {}
>> +};
>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
>> +#endif
>
> Why the #ifdef? Should not be needed, right?

I have added it to fix the following warning reported by 0-day.

https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/

It is related to nullifying the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE in #ifndef MODULE
case in linux/module.h.

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer

2022-10-21 04:43:00

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 05:00:27PM -0700, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 10/19/22 10:38 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 19, 2022 at 09:58:27PM -0700, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> >> +static long tdx_get_report(void __user *argp)
> >> +{
> >> + u8 *reportdata, *tdreport;
> >> + struct tdx_report_req req;
> >> + long ret;
> >> +
> >> + if (copy_from_user(&req, argp, sizeof(req)))
> >> + return -EFAULT;
> >> +
> >> + /*
> >> + * Per TDX Module 1.0 specification, section titled
> >> + * "TDG.MR.REPORT", REPORTDATA length is fixed as
> >> + * TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN, TDREPORT length is fixed as
> >> + * TDX_REPORT_LEN, and TDREPORT subtype is fixed as 0.
> >> + */
> >> + if (req.subtype || req.rpd_len != TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN ||
> >> + req.tdr_len != TDX_REPORT_LEN) {
> >> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: invalid req: subtype:%u rpd_len:%u tdr_len:%u\n",
> >> + req.subtype, req.rpd_len, req.tdr_len);
> >
> > You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
> > that.
>
> Added it to help userspace understand the reason for the failure (only for
> the cases like request param issues and TDCALL failure). Boris recommended
> adding it in the previous review.

Again, you just created a vector for userspace to spam the kernel log.
No kernel driver should ever do that.

> >> +#ifdef MODULE
> >> +static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
> >> + X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
> >> + {}
> >> +};
> >> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
> >> +#endif
> >
> > Why the #ifdef? Should not be needed, right?
>
> I have added it to fix the following warning reported by 0-day.
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
>
> It is related to nullifying the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE in #ifndef MODULE
> case in linux/module.h.

Then fix it properly, by correctly using that structure no matter what.
You don't do that here...

greg k-h

Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

Hi Greg,

On 10/20/22 9:39 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>> +#ifdef MODULE
>>>> +static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
>>>> + X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
>>>> + {}
>>>> +};
>>>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
>>>> +#endif
>>> Why the #ifdef? Should not be needed, right?
>> I have added it to fix the following warning reported by 0-day.
>>
>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
>>
>> It is related to nullifying the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE in #ifndef MODULE
>> case in linux/module.h.
> Then fix it properly, by correctly using that structure no matter what.
> You don't do that here...

I think we can use __maybe_unused attribute to fix this warning like
mentioned below. Are you fine with it?

--- a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
@@ -118,13 +118,11 @@ static void __exit tdx_guest_exit(void)
}
module_exit(tdx_guest_exit);

-#ifdef MODULE
-static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
+static const struct x86_cpu_id __maybe_unused tdx_guest_ids[] = {
X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
{}
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
-#endif

Solution 2:
-----------

We can also modify the code to use this structure in all cases like
below. But it requires me to use slower x86_match_cpu() in place of
cpu_feature_enabled() which I think is unnecessary.

--- a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
@@ -103,9 +103,15 @@ static struct miscdevice tdx_misc_dev = {
.fops = &tdx_guest_fops,
};

+static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
+ X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
+ {}
+};
+MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
+
static int __init tdx_guest_init(void)
{
- if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
+ if (!x86_match_cpu(tdx_guest_ids))
return -ENODEV;

return misc_register(&tdx_misc_dev);
@@ -118,14 +124,6 @@ static void __exit tdx_guest_exit(void)
}
module_exit(tdx_guest_exit);

-#ifdef MODULE
-static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
- X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
- {}
-};
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
-#endif

--
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer

2022-10-22 06:50:13

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 04:51:34PM -0700, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
> Hi Greg,
>
> On 10/20/22 9:39 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >>>> +#ifdef MODULE
> >>>> +static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
> >>>> + X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
> >>>> + {}
> >>>> +};
> >>>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
> >>>> +#endif
> >>> Why the #ifdef? Should not be needed, right?
> >> I have added it to fix the following warning reported by 0-day.
> >>
> >> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
> >>
> >> It is related to nullifying the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE in #ifndef MODULE
> >> case in linux/module.h.
> > Then fix it properly, by correctly using that structure no matter what.
> > You don't do that here...
>
> I think we can use __maybe_unused attribute to fix this warning like
> mentioned below. Are you fine with it?
>
> --- a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
> +++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
> @@ -118,13 +118,11 @@ static void __exit tdx_guest_exit(void)
> }
> module_exit(tdx_guest_exit);
>
> -#ifdef MODULE
> -static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
> +static const struct x86_cpu_id __maybe_unused tdx_guest_ids[] = {
> X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
> {}
> };
> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
> -#endif
>
> Solution 2:
> -----------
>
> We can also modify the code to use this structure in all cases like
> below. But it requires me to use slower x86_match_cpu() in place of
> cpu_feature_enabled() which I think is unnecessary.
>
> --- a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
> +++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
> @@ -103,9 +103,15 @@ static struct miscdevice tdx_misc_dev = {
> .fops = &tdx_guest_fops,
> };
>
> +static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
> + X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
> + {}
> +};
> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
> +
> static int __init tdx_guest_init(void)
> {
> - if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
> + if (!x86_match_cpu(tdx_guest_ids))

Please use this as it's what all other users of the x86cpu module device
table code uses, right?

And what is the "speed" difference here? Is is measurable and where
does it matter?

thanks,

greg k-h

Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver



On 10/21/22 11:05 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 04:51:34PM -0700, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> On 10/20/22 9:39 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>>>> +#ifdef MODULE
>>>>>> +static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
>>>>>> + X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
>>>>>> + {}
>>>>>> +};
>>>>>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
>>>>>> +#endif
>>>>> Why the #ifdef? Should not be needed, right?
>>>> I have added it to fix the following warning reported by 0-day.
>>>>
>>>> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
>>>>
>>>> It is related to nullifying the MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE in #ifndef MODULE
>>>> case in linux/module.h.
>>> Then fix it properly, by correctly using that structure no matter what.
>>> You don't do that here...
>>
>> I think we can use __maybe_unused attribute to fix this warning like
>> mentioned below. Are you fine with it?
>>
>> --- a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
>> +++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
>> @@ -118,13 +118,11 @@ static void __exit tdx_guest_exit(void)
>> }
>> module_exit(tdx_guest_exit);
>>
>> -#ifdef MODULE
>> -static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
>> +static const struct x86_cpu_id __maybe_unused tdx_guest_ids[] = {
>> X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
>> {}
>> };
>> MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
>> -#endif
>>
>> Solution 2:
>> -----------
>>
>> We can also modify the code to use this structure in all cases like
>> below. But it requires me to use slower x86_match_cpu() in place of
>> cpu_feature_enabled() which I think is unnecessary.
>>
>> --- a/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
>> +++ b/drivers/virt/coco/tdx-guest/tdx-guest.c
>> @@ -103,9 +103,15 @@ static struct miscdevice tdx_misc_dev = {
>> .fops = &tdx_guest_fops,
>> };
>>
>> +static const struct x86_cpu_id tdx_guest_ids[] = {
>> + X86_MATCH_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST, NULL),
>> + {}
>> +};
>> +MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, tdx_guest_ids);
>> +
>> static int __init tdx_guest_init(void)
>> {
>> - if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST))
>> + if (!x86_match_cpu(tdx_guest_ids))
>
> Please use this as it's what all other users of the x86cpu module device

Ok. I will use it.

> table code uses, right?

Not all, but most of them use the above model.

Following two drivers seems to use __maybe_unused method.

./drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
./drivers/char/hw_random/via-rng.c

and following two drivers uses #ifdef MODULE method.

./arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
./arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c


>
> And what is the "speed" difference here? Is is measurable and where

> does it matter?

Speed difference does not really matter in init code. So I am fine
with using this approach.

>
> thanks,
>
> greg k-h

--
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer

Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver



On 10/20/22 9:39 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>> You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
>>> that.
>> Added it to help userspace understand the reason for the failure (only for
>> the cases like request param issues and TDCALL failure). Boris recommended
>> adding it in the previous review.
> Again, you just created a vector for userspace to spam the kernel log.
> No kernel driver should ever do that.
>

Brois, any comments? Do you also agree?

--
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer

2022-10-24 17:41:28

by Dave Hansen

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

On 10/23/22 09:13, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
> On 10/20/22 9:39 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>> You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
>>>> that.
>>> Added it to help userspace understand the reason for the failure (only for
>>> the cases like request param issues and TDCALL failure). Boris recommended
>>> adding it in the previous review.
>> Again, you just created a vector for userspace to spam the kernel log.
>> No kernel driver should ever do that.
>>
> Brois, any comments? Do you also agree?
...
> + if (req.subtype || req.rpd_len != TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN ||
> + req.tdr_len != TDX_REPORT_LEN) {
> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: invalid req: subtype:%u rpd_len:%u tdr_len:%u\n",
> + req.subtype, req.rpd_len, req.tdr_len);

This is _clearly_ debugging code. There are a billion if(foo){return
-EINVAL;}'s in the kernel, and very few of them have printk()'s to go
along with them.

They do help figure out what happened when userspace sees an -EINVAL and
can't figure out what it did to cause it. But, if the kernel spammed
dmesg for every time userspace does something stupid, it'd be filled up
with noise.

There are other ways to debug stuff like this if userspace gets confused.

If folks are OK with dev_dbg(), then I'd move over to that. But,
frankly, I don't think this rises to the level of needing its own error
message.

Heck, I'm not even sure why this code exits in the first place. I guess
we don't want userspace making random requests to the host. But, of
course, none of _that_ information about what the code is actually there
for made it into the patch, and it just consumes comment space
regurgitating the TDX spec.

This branch of the thread frankly isn't about a pr_err(). It's about
nobody really knowing (or caring) why that line of code is there, when
it might happen, and what precise function it serves.

2022-10-24 19:22:01

by Wander Lairson Costa

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 1:13 PM Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 10/20/22 9:39 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> >>> You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
> >>> that.
> >> Added it to help userspace understand the reason for the failure (only for
> >> the cases like request param issues and TDCALL failure). Boris recommended
> >> adding it in the previous review.
> > Again, you just created a vector for userspace to spam the kernel log.
> > No kernel driver should ever do that.
> >
>
> Brois, any comments? Do you also agree?
>

Maybe dev_err_once() does the job?

2022-10-24 23:47:58

by Greg Kroah-Hartman

[permalink] [raw]
Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 09:57:53AM -0300, Wander Lairson Costa wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 23, 2022 at 1:13 PM Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10/20/22 9:39 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> > >>> You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
> > >>> that.
> > >> Added it to help userspace understand the reason for the failure (only for
> > >> the cases like request param issues and TDCALL failure). Boris recommended
> > >> adding it in the previous review.
> > > Again, you just created a vector for userspace to spam the kernel log.
> > > No kernel driver should ever do that.
> > >
> >
> > Brois, any comments? Do you also agree?
> >
>
> Maybe dev_err_once() does the job?

That does not make any sense when the userspace input can be different
each time.

This is just yet-another-ioctl, there's nothing special about it.
Return an error for invalid input and don't log anything. Worst case,
make it a dev_dbg() call if you really really really want to see it.

thanks,

greg k-h

Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver

Hi Dave,

On 10/24/22 7:17 AM, Dave Hansen wrote:
> On 10/23/22 09:13, Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy wrote:
>> On 10/20/22 9:39 PM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>>> You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
>>>>> that.
>>>> Added it to help userspace understand the reason for the failure (only for
>>>> the cases like request param issues and TDCALL failure). Boris recommended
>>>> adding it in the previous review.
>>> Again, you just created a vector for userspace to spam the kernel log.
>>> No kernel driver should ever do that.
>>>
>> Brois, any comments? Do you also agree?
> ...
>> + if (req.subtype || req.rpd_len != TDX_REPORTDATA_LEN ||
>> + req.tdr_len != TDX_REPORT_LEN) {
>> + pr_err("TDX_CMD_GET_REPORT: invalid req: subtype:%u rpd_len:%u tdr_len:%u\n",
>> + req.subtype, req.rpd_len, req.tdr_len);
>
> This is _clearly_ debugging code. There are a billion if(foo){return
> -EINVAL;}'s in the kernel, and very few of them have printk()'s to go
> along with them.
>
> They do help figure out what happened when userspace sees an -EINVAL and
> can't figure out what it did to cause it. But, if the kernel spammed
> dmesg for every time userspace does something stupid, it'd be filled up
> with noise.
>
> There are other ways to debug stuff like this if userspace gets confused.
>
> If folks are OK with dev_dbg(), then I'd move over to that. But,
> frankly, I don't think this rises to the level of needing its own error
> message.
>
> Heck, I'm not even sure why this code exits in the first place. I guess
> we don't want userspace making random requests to the host. But, of
> course, none of _that_ information about what the code is actually there
> for made it into the patch, and it just consumes comment space
> regurgitating the TDX spec.
>
> This branch of the thread frankly isn't about a pr_err(). It's about
> nobody really knowing (or caring) why that line of code is there, when
> it might happen, and what precise function it serves.

It is added to ensure the user does not make random requests and the user
input aligns with the defined IOCTL ABI. Returning -EINVAL for the input
parameter error will help userspace better understand the reason for the
failure than failing after making the TDCALL request.

I have added the spec reference mainly for the reader to understand the
origin of the checks involved. Would you prefer a comment like "Check for
valid user input"?

--
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer

Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 2/3] virt: Add TDX guest driver



On 10/24/22 6:54 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
>>>>>> You are allowing userspace to spam the kernel logs, please do not do
>>>>>> that.
>>>>> Added it to help userspace understand the reason for the failure (only for
>>>>> the cases like request param issues and TDCALL failure). Boris recommended
>>>>> adding it in the previous review.
>>>> Again, you just created a vector for userspace to spam the kernel log.
>>>> No kernel driver should ever do that.
>>>>
>>> Brois, any comments? Do you also agree?
>>>
>> Maybe dev_err_once() does the job?
> That does not make any sense when the userspace input can be different
> each time.
>
> This is just yet-another-ioctl, there's nothing special about it.
> Return an error for invalid input and don't log anything. Worst case,
> make it a dev_dbg() call if you really really really want to see it.

It is a nice to have debug info, but not very important. So I will remove it.

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer