[PATCH v3 08/25] KVM: TDX: Return -EIO, not -EINVAL, on a KVM_BUG_ON() condition
Sean Christopherson
seanjc at google.com
Fri Oct 17 11:32:26 AEDT 2025
Return -EIO when a KVM_BUG_ON() is tripped, as KVM's ABI is to return -EIO
when a VM has been killed due to a KVM bug, not -EINVAL. Note, many (all?)
of the affected paths never propagate the error code to userspace, i.e.
this is about internal consistency more than anything else.
Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny at intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu at linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc at google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 12 ++++++------
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
index c3bae6b96dc4..c242d73b6a7b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
@@ -1621,7 +1621,7 @@ static int tdx_mem_page_record_premap_cnt(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
struct kvm_tdx *kvm_tdx = to_kvm_tdx(kvm);
if (KVM_BUG_ON(kvm->arch.pre_fault_allowed, kvm))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EIO;
/* nr_premapped will be decreased when tdh_mem_page_add() is called. */
atomic64_inc(&kvm_tdx->nr_premapped);
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ static int tdx_sept_set_private_spte(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
/* TODO: handle large pages. */
if (KVM_BUG_ON(level != PG_LEVEL_4K, kvm))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EIO;
/*
* Read 'pre_fault_allowed' before 'kvm_tdx->state'; see matching
@@ -1658,10 +1658,10 @@ static int tdx_sept_drop_private_spte(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
/* TODO: handle large pages. */
if (KVM_BUG_ON(level != PG_LEVEL_4K, kvm))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EIO;
if (KVM_BUG_ON(!is_hkid_assigned(kvm_tdx), kvm))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EIO;
/*
* When zapping private page, write lock is held. So no race condition
@@ -1846,7 +1846,7 @@ static int tdx_sept_free_private_spt(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
* and slot move/deletion.
*/
if (KVM_BUG_ON(is_hkid_assigned(kvm_tdx), kvm))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EIO;
/*
* The HKID assigned to this TD was already freed and cache was
@@ -1867,7 +1867,7 @@ static int tdx_sept_remove_private_spte(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn,
* there can't be anything populated in the private EPT.
*/
if (KVM_BUG_ON(!is_hkid_assigned(to_kvm_tdx(kvm)), kvm))
- return -EINVAL;
+ return -EIO;
ret = tdx_sept_zap_private_spte(kvm, gfn, level, page);
if (ret <= 0)
--
2.51.0.858.gf9c4a03a3a-goog
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