From: "Pratik R. Sampat" <prsampat@amd.com>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
kvm@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: tglx@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, seanjc@google.com,
pbonzini@redhat.com, kim.phillips@amd.com, nikunj@amd.com,
michael.roth@amd.com, ashish.kalra@amd.com
Subject: Re: [Patch v2 3/4] x86/sev: Add guest support for Enhanced SMT Protection
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2026 15:43:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <15395e61-7da0-4904-bea0-24f88de95d61@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3511498b-d72c-4fab-aafe-5d05d9d3f460@amd.com>
On 10/9/26 3:18 PM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> On 10/6/26 11:55, Pratik R. Sampat wrote:
>> Enhanced SMT Protection requires every VMSA to carry the vCPU's identity
>> and the mask of SMT siblings it may co-run with. The guest builds the
>> VMSA itself when bringing up an AP, so populate both fields there, before
>> the page is turned into a VMSA and while it is still writable.
>>
>> Fully set the sibling mask so that all threads of the same guest trust
>> each other.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Pratik R. Sampat <prsampat@amd.com>
>
> Minor comment below, but otherwise:
>
> Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
>
>> ---
>> v1..v2:
>> * Add ESMTP to SNP_FEATURES_IMPL and SNP_FEATURES_IMPL_REQ
>> ---
>> arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c | 6 ++++--
>> arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 13 +++++++++++++
>> arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 4 +++-
>> 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
>> index c6512f2ea31e..4e0fa5a5f70b 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
>> @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ bool sev_es_check_ghcb_fault(unsigned long address)
>> MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BIT13 | \
>> MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BIT15 | \
>> MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC | \
>> - MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS19_22 | \
>> + MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT | \
>> + MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS20_22 | \
>> MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_MASK)
>>
>> #ifdef CONFIG_AMD_SECURE_AVIC
>> @@ -204,7 +205,8 @@ bool sev_es_check_ghcb_fault(unsigned long address)
>> */
>> #define SNP_FEATURES_IMPL (MSR_AMD64_SNP_DEBUG_SWAP | \
>> MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_TSC | \
>> - SNP_FEATURE_SECURE_AVIC)
>> + SNP_FEATURE_SECURE_AVIC | \
>> + MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT)
>>
>> u64 snp_get_unsupported_features(u64 status)
>> {
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
>> index cc292d7c6fd1..730cff2700d4 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
>> @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static const char * const sev_status_feat_names[] = {
>> [MSR_AMD64_SNP_VMSA_REG_PROT_BIT] = "VMSARegProt",
>> [MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT_BIT] = "SMTProt",
>> [MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT] = "SecureAVIC",
>> + [MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT_BIT] = "ESMTProt",
>> [MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT] = "IBPBOnEntry",
>> };
>>
>> @@ -849,6 +850,18 @@ static int wakeup_cpu_via_vmgexit(u32 apic_id, unsigned long start_ip, unsigned
>> vmsa->vmpl = snp_vmpl;
>> vmsa->sev_features = sev_status >> 2;
>>
>> + if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SEV_SNP) &&
>> + (sev_status & MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT)) {
>
> You're using sev_status for ESMT_PROT, might as well use it for SNP, too,
> instead of calling cc_platform_has().
>
Sure, will do.
Thank you!
--Pratik
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>> + vmsa->vcpu_id = apic_id;
>> + /*
>> + * The mask fully set puts every vCPU in one group, so any two
>> + * of them may be co-resident. A legal ESMTP sibling must
>> + * also match on ASID, so the sibling of a vCPU in guest mode is
>> + * always either another vCPU of this same guest or idle.
>> + */
>> + vmsa->vcpu_sibling_mask = U32_MAX;
>> + }
>> +
>> /* Populate AP's TSC scale/offset to get accurate TSC values. */
>> if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_GUEST_SNP_SECURE_TSC)) {
>> vmsa->tsc_scale = snp_tsc_scale;
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
>> index fbcb3313e946..6fd26151d146 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
>> @@ -745,7 +745,9 @@
>> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT_BIT)
>> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT 18
>> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT)
>> -#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS19_22 GENMASK_ULL(22, 19)
>> +#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT_BIT 19
>> +#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_ESMT_PROT_BIT)
>> +#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS20_22 GENMASK_ULL(22, 20)
>> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT 23
>> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT)
>> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESV_BIT 24
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-09 19:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-06 16:54 [Patch v2 0/4] Introduce Enhanced SMT Protection for SEV-SNP Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-06 16:54 ` [Patch v2 1/4] KVM: SVM: Re-queue events that were never injected Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-09 19:21 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-10-06 16:54 ` [Patch v2 2/4] KVM: SVM: Add host support for Enhanced SMT Protection Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-09 19:05 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-10-09 19:40 ` Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-09 20:05 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-10-06 16:55 ` [Patch v2 3/4] x86/sev: Add guest " Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-09 19:18 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-10-09 19:43 ` Pratik R. Sampat [this message]
2026-10-06 16:55 ` [Patch v2 4/4] x86/hyperv: " Pratik R. Sampat
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