Re: [PATCH v2 5/9] KVM: SVM: Rename vmplX_ssp -> plX_ssp

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue Feb 27 2024 - 13:14:34 EST


On Mon, Feb 26, 2024, John Allen wrote:
> Rename SEV-ES save area SSP fields to be consistent with the APM.
>
> Signed-off-by: John Allen <john.allen@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h | 8 ++++----
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
> index 87a7b917d30e..728c98175b9c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
> @@ -358,10 +358,10 @@ struct sev_es_save_area {
> struct vmcb_seg ldtr;
> struct vmcb_seg idtr;
> struct vmcb_seg tr;
> - u64 vmpl0_ssp;
> - u64 vmpl1_ssp;
> - u64 vmpl2_ssp;
> - u64 vmpl3_ssp;
> + u64 pl0_ssp;
> + u64 pl1_ssp;
> + u64 pl2_ssp;
> + u64 pl3_ssp;

Are these CPL fields, or VMPL fields? Presumably it's the former since this is
a single save area. If so, the changelog should call that out, i.e. make it clear
that the current names are outright bugs. If these somehow really are VMPL fields,
I would prefer to diverge from the APM, because pl[0..3] is way to ambiguous in
that case.

It's borderline if they're CPL fields, but Intel calls them PL[0..3]_SSP, so I'm
much less inclined to diverge from two other things in that case.