Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/coco/sev: Move SEV SYSFS group to /sys/hypervisor/

From: Tom Lendacky
Date: Wed Mar 12 2025 - 11:12:12 EST


On 3/12/25 09:41, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>
>
> Move the SYSFS information about SEV to the /sys/hypervisor/ directory and link
> to it from the old location. The /sys/hypervisor/ hierarchy makes more
> sense for this information, as it is only relevant in a virtualized
> environment and contains values influenced by the hypervisor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@xxxxxxx>

One minor nit below, otherwise:

Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> .../ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu | 11 ++--------
> Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor | 10 +++++++++
> arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 21 +++++++++++++------
> 4 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
> index 206079d3bd5b..f056c401a550 100644
> --- a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-devices-system-cpu
> @@ -607,16 +607,9 @@ Description: Umwait control
> Low order two bits must be zero.
>
> What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev
> - /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/vmpl
> Date: May 2024
> -Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> -Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) information
> -
> - This directory is only present when running as an SEV-SNP guest.
> -
> - vmpl: Reports the Virtual Machine Privilege Level (VMPL) at which
> - the SEV-SNP guest is running.
> -
> +Description: This symbolic link to /sys/hypervisor/sev/ is only present when
> + running as an SEV-SNP guest.
>
> What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/svm
> Date: August 2019
> diff --git a/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..aca8b02c878c
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/Documentation/ABI/testing/sysfs-hypervisor
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +What: /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev
> + /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev/vmpl

Shouldn't these be /sys/hypervisor/sev ?

Thanks,
Tom

> +Date: May 2024
> +Contact: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> +Description: Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) information
> +
> + This directory is only present when running as an SEV-SNP guest.
> +
> + vmpl: Reports the Virtual Machine Privilege Level (VMPL) at which
> + the SEV-SNP guest is running.
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> index 1665ebaba251..5b717f6ccbbb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
> @@ -1497,6 +1497,7 @@ config AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT
> select X86_MEM_ENCRYPT
> select UNACCEPTED_MEMORY
> select CRYPTO_LIB_AESGCM
> + select SYS_HYPERVISOR
> help
> Say yes to enable support for the encryption of system memory.
> This requires an AMD processor that supports Secure Memory
> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
> index 96c7bc698e6b..51a04a19449b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
> @@ -2698,12 +2698,10 @@ static int __init sev_sysfs_init(void)
> if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SEV_SNP))
> return -ENODEV;
>
> - dev_root = bus_get_dev_root(&cpu_subsys);
> - if (!dev_root)
> - return -ENODEV;
> -
> - sev_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("sev", &dev_root->kobj);
> - put_device(dev_root);
> + /*
> + * Create /sys/hypervisor/sev/ with attributes
> + */
> + sev_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("sev", hypervisor_kobj);
>
> if (!sev_kobj)
> return -ENOMEM;
> @@ -2712,6 +2710,17 @@ static int __init sev_sysfs_init(void)
> if (ret)
> kobject_put(sev_kobj);
>
> + /*
> + * Link from /sys/devices/system/cpu/sev to /sys/hypervisor/sev/ for
> + * compatibility reasons.
> + */
> + dev_root = bus_get_dev_root(&cpu_subsys);
> + if (!dev_root)
> + return -ENODEV;
> +
> + ret = compat_only_sysfs_link_entry_to_kobj(&dev_root->kobj, hypervisor_kobj, "sev", NULL);
> + put_device(dev_root);
> +
> return ret;
> }
> arch_initcall(sev_sysfs_init);