Re: [PATCH RFC] KVM: SVM: reduce guest MAXPHYADDR by one in case C-bit is a physical bit

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 17/10/21 09:54, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> I'll say, a hack to reduce it by 1 bit is still better that failing 
> tests, at least until AMD explains to us, about what is going on.

What's going on is documented in the thread at
https://yhbt.net/lore/all/4f46f3ab-60e4-3118-1438-10a1e17cd900@xxxxxxxx/:

> That doesn't really follow what Andrew gave us, namely:
>
> 1) On parts with <40 bits, its fully hidden from software
>
> 2) Before Fam17h, it was always 12G just below 1T, even if there was
> more RAM above this location
>
> 3) On Fam17h and later, it is variable based on SME, and is either
> just below 2^48 (no encryption) or 2^43 (encryption)

If you can use this information to implement the fix, that'd be very 
nice.  I didn't apply the hackish fix because I wanted to test it on a 
SME-enabled box.

Paolo