Re: [PATCH v6 0/1] KVM: SEV: Add KVM_SEV_SNP_HV_REPORT_REQ command

[Thomas Courrege]

On 28-01-2026 20:49, Thomas Courrege wrote:
> Overview
> --------
> The SEV-SNP Firmware ABI allows the hypervisor to request an
> attestation report via the SEV_CMD_SNP_HV_REPORT_REQ firmware command.
This allow KVM to expose more of AMD’s SEV‑SNP features.

It also allow developers to easily request attestation.
It could maybe be use by some cloud provider to easily provide an
attestation report through their API, in case the Guest doesn't respond
fast enough or even to compare the reports.
> Testing
> -------
> For testing this via QEMU, please use the following tree:
>         https://github.com/Th0rOnDoR/qemu
>
> Patch History
> -------------
> v5 -> v6:
> Fix typos issues in documentation
>
> v4 -> v5:
> Set variables in reverse christmas tree order
> Fix and clean the rsp_size logic
>
> v3 -> v4:
> Add newline in documentation to avoid a warning
> Add base commit
>
> v2 -> v3:
> Add padding to structure, code format
> Write back the full MSG_REPORT_RSP structure
> Remove the memzero_explicit for the report
>
> v1 -> v2:
> Renaming, code format
> Zeroes the report before returning
>
>
> Any feedback is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Thomas
>
>
> Thomas Courrege (1):
>   KVM: SEV: Add KVM_SEV_SNP_HV_REPORT_REQ command
>
>  .../virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst    | 28 +++++++++
>  arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h               |  9 +++
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c                        | 63 +++++++++++++++++++
>  drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c                  |  1 +
>  include/linux/psp-sev.h                       | 31 +++++++++
>  5 files changed, 132 insertions(+)
>
>
> base-commit: e89f0e9a0a007e8c3afb8ecd739c0b3255422b00