Re: [PATCH 07/11] x86/sev: Provide SVSM discovery support
From: Jeremi Piotrowski
Date: Mon Jan 29 2024 - 05:41:34 EST
On Fri, Jan 26, 2024 at 04:16:00PM -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> The SVSM specification documents an alternative method of discovery for
> the SVSM using a reserved CPUID bit and a reserved MSR.
>
> For the CPUID support, the #VC handler of an SEV-SNP guest should modify
> the returned value in the EAX register for the 0x8000001f CPUID function
> by setting bit 28 when an SVSM is present.
>
It seems awkward that the guest would have to set the bit in the CPUID response
itself. Is there no way for the SVSM to fixup the CPUID page contents, or the
CPUID instruction return?
Could you also add a definition for the feature to arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h.
> For the MSR support, new reserved MSR 0xc001f000 has been defined. A #VC
> should be generated when accessing this MSR. The #VC handler is expected
> to ignore writes to this MSR and return the physical calling area address
> (CAA) on reads of this MSR.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 2 ++
> arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c | 4 ++++
> arch/x86/kernel/sev.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> index f1bd7b91b3c6..4746135cbe21 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> @@ -622,6 +622,8 @@
>
> #define MSR_AMD64_VIRT_SPEC_CTRL 0xc001011f
>
> +#define MSR_SVSM_CAA 0xc001f000
> +
> /* AMD Collaborative Processor Performance Control MSRs */
> #define MSR_AMD_CPPC_CAP1 0xc00102b0
> #define MSR_AMD_CPPC_ENABLE 0xc00102b1
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
> index f26e872bc5d0..9bd7d7e75b31 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
> @@ -628,6 +628,10 @@ static int snp_cpuid_postprocess(struct ghcb *ghcb, struct es_em_ctxt *ctxt,
> /* node ID */
> leaf->ecx = (leaf->ecx & GENMASK(31, 8)) | (leaf_hv.ecx & GENMASK(7, 0));
> break;
> + case 0x8000001f:
> + if (vmpl)
> + leaf->eax |= BIT(28);
> + break;
> default:
> /* No fix-ups needed, use values as-is. */
> break;