[PATCH 5/7] x86/sev: Add a function to contain all SEV-specific setup operations

From: Melody Wang

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 21:54:05 EST


To make the code clean in the boot phase, add a sev_prepare() wrapper
which contains early SEV-specific checks in order to have all that code
in a single place.

No functional changes.

Signed-off-by: Melody Wang <huibo.wang@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c | 9 +++++++++
arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h | 3 +++
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c | 20 ++++++--------------
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
index fc2029746c50..655291a03dcc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
@@ -511,3 +511,12 @@ bool early_is_sevsnp_guest(void)
}
return true;
}
+
+u64 sev_prepare(void)
+{
+ u64 unsupported = snp_get_unsupported_features(sev_get_status());
+ if (unsupported)
+ return unsupported;
+
+ return 0;
+}
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
index 491a891a7694..b430c1aab403 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
@@ -613,6 +613,8 @@ static inline void sev_evict_cache(void *va, int npages)
}
}

+u64 sev_prepare(void);
+
#else /* !CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT */

#define snp_vmpl 0
@@ -661,6 +663,7 @@ static inline enum es_result savic_register_gpa(u64 gpa) { return ES_UNSUPPORTED
static inline enum es_result savic_unregister_gpa(u64 *gpa) { return ES_UNSUPPORTED; }
static inline void hvs_ghcb_msr_write(u32 reg, u64 value) { }
static inline u64 hvs_ghcb_msr_read(u32 reg) { return 0; }
+static inline u64 sev_prepare(void) { return 0; }

#endif /* CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT */

diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
index cef32e2c82d8..95fa16fc9887 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/x86-stub.c
@@ -783,19 +783,6 @@ static efi_status_t exit_boot(struct boot_params *boot_params, void *handle)
return EFI_SUCCESS;
}

-static bool have_unsupported_snp_features(void)
-{
- u64 unsupported;
-
- unsupported = snp_get_unsupported_features(sev_get_status());
- if (unsupported) {
- efi_err("Unsupported SEV-SNP features detected: 0x%llx\n",
- unsupported);
- return true;
- }
- return false;
-}
-
static void efi_get_seed(void *seed, int size)
{
efi_get_random_bytes(size, seed);
@@ -919,6 +906,7 @@ void __noreturn efi_stub_entry(efi_handle_t handle,
unsigned long kernel_entry;
struct setup_header *hdr;
efi_status_t status;
+ u64 unsup_feats;

efi_system_table = sys_table_arg;
/* Check if we were booted by the EFI firmware */
@@ -933,8 +921,12 @@ void __noreturn efi_stub_entry(efi_handle_t handle,

hdr = &boot_params->hdr;

- if (have_unsupported_snp_features())
+ unsup_feats = sev_prepare();
+ if (unsup_feats) {
+ efi_err("Unsupported SEV-SNP features detected: 0x%llx\n",
+ unsup_feats);
efi_exit(handle, EFI_UNSUPPORTED);
+ }

if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_EFI_DXE_MEM_ATTRIBUTES)) {
efi_dxe_table = get_efi_config_table(EFI_DXE_SERVICES_TABLE_GUID);
--
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