Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SEV: IBPB-on-Entry guest support

From: Borislav Petkov

Date: Thu Jan 29 2026 - 05:51:50 EST


On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 06:38:29PM -0600, Kim Phillips wrote:
> For that last paragraph, how about:
>
> "Allow guests to make use of IBPB-on-Entry when supported by the
> hypervisor, as the bit is now architecturally defined and safe to
> expose."

Better.

> SNP_FEATURES_PRESENT is for the non-trivial variety: Its bits get set as
> part of the patchseries that add the explicit guest support *code*.

Yes, and I'm asking why can't SNP_FEATURES_PRESENT contain *all* SNP features?

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