Re: [PATCH 2/2] KVM: SVM: Tag sev_supported_vmsa_features as read-only after init
From: Tom Lendacky
Date: Sun Jan 11 2026 - 12:40:28 EST
On 1/8/26 21:31, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Tag sev_supported_vmsa_features with __ro_after_init as it's configured by
> sev_hardware_setup() and never written after initial configuration (and if
> it were, that'd be a blatant bug).
>
> Opportunistically relocate the variable out of the module params area now
> that sev_es_debug_swap_enabled is gone (which largely motivated its
> original location).
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> index 9b92f0cccfe6..28150506b18c 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> @@ -53,8 +53,6 @@ module_param_named(sev_es, sev_es_enabled, bool, 0444);
> static bool sev_snp_enabled = true;
> module_param_named(sev_snp, sev_snp_enabled, bool, 0444);
>
> -static u64 sev_supported_vmsa_features;
> -
> static unsigned int nr_ciphertext_hiding_asids;
> module_param_named(ciphertext_hiding_asids, nr_ciphertext_hiding_asids, uint, 0444);
>
> @@ -81,6 +79,8 @@ module_param_named(ciphertext_hiding_asids, nr_ciphertext_hiding_asids, uint, 04
>
> static u64 snp_supported_policy_bits __ro_after_init;
>
> +static u64 sev_supported_vmsa_features __ro_after_init;
> +
> #define INITIAL_VMSA_GPA 0xFFFFFFFFF000
>
> static u8 sev_enc_bit;