[Patch v3 3/4] x86/sev: Add guest support for Enhanced SMT Protection
From: Pratik R. Sampat
Date: Fri Oct 16 2026 - 17:55:50 EST
Enhanced SMT Protection requires every VMSA to carry the vCPU's identity
and the mask of SMT siblings it may co-run with. The guest builds the
VMSA itself when bringing up an AP, so populate both fields there, before
the page is turned into a VMSA and while it is still writable.
Fully set the sibling mask so that all threads of the same guest trust
each other.
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Pratik R. Sampat <prsampat@xxxxxxx>
---
v2..v3:
* Collected Reviewed-by from Tom
* Use sev_status to determine SNP support for guest as well - Tom
v1..v2:
* Add ESMTP to SNP_FEATURES_IMPL and SNP_FEATURES_IMPL_REQ
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c | 6 ++++--
arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 13 +++++++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 4 +++-
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
index c6512f2ea31e..4e0fa5a5f70b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
@@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ bool sev_es_check_ghcb_fault(unsigned long address)
MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BIT13 | \
MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BIT15 | \
MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC | \
- MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS19_22 | \
+ MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT | \
+ MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS20_22 | \
MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_MASK)
#ifdef CONFIG_AMD_SECURE_AVIC
@@ -204,7 +205,8 @@ bool sev_es_check_ghcb_fault(unsigned long address)
*/
#define SNP_FEATURES_IMPL (MSR_AMD64_SNP_DEBUG_SWAP | \
MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_TSC | \
- SNP_FEATURE_SECURE_AVIC)
+ SNP_FEATURE_SECURE_AVIC | \
+ MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT)
u64 snp_get_unsupported_features(u64 status)
{
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
index cc292d7c6fd1..b89766bb9365 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static const char * const sev_status_feat_names[] = {
[MSR_AMD64_SNP_VMSA_REG_PROT_BIT] = "VMSARegProt",
[MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT_BIT] = "SMTProt",
[MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT] = "SecureAVIC",
+ [MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT_BIT] = "ESMTProt",
[MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT] = "IBPBOnEntry",
};
@@ -849,6 +850,18 @@ static int wakeup_cpu_via_vmgexit(u32 apic_id, unsigned long start_ip, unsigned
vmsa->vmpl = snp_vmpl;
vmsa->sev_features = sev_status >> 2;
+ if (sev_status & MSR_AMD64_SEV_SNP_ENABLED &&
+ (sev_status & MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT)) {
+ vmsa->vcpu_id = apic_id;
+ /*
+ * The mask fully set puts every vCPU in one group, so any two
+ * of them may be co-resident. A legal ESMTP sibling must
+ * also match on ASID, so the sibling of a vCPU in guest mode is
+ * always either another vCPU of this same guest or idle.
+ */
+ vmsa->vcpu_sibling_mask = U32_MAX;
+ }
+
/* Populate AP's TSC scale/offset to get accurate TSC values. */
if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SNP_SECURE_TSC)) {
vmsa->tsc_scale = snp_tsc_scale;
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index fbcb3313e946..6fd26151d146 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -745,7 +745,9 @@
#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT_BIT)
#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT 18
#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT)
-#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS19_22 GENMASK_ULL(22, 19)
+#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT_BIT 19
+#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT_BIT)
+#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS20_22 GENMASK_ULL(22, 20)
#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT 23
#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT)
#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESV_BIT 24
--
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