From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SVM: Drop the module param to control SEV-ES DebugSwap
Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 19:31:00 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260109033101.1005769-2-seanjc@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260109033101.1005769-1-seanjc@google.com>
Rip out the DebugSwap module param, as the sequence of events that led to
its inclusion was one big mistake, the param no longer serves any purpose.
Commit d1f85fbe836e ("KVM: SEV: Enable data breakpoints in SEV-ES") goofed
by not adding a way for the userspace VMM to control the feature.
Functionally, that was fine, but it broke attestation signatures because
SEV_FEATURES are included in the signature.
Commit 5abf6dceb066 ("SEV: disable SEV-ES DebugSwap by default") fixed that
issue, but the underlying flaw of userspace not having a way to control
SEV_FEATURES was still there.
That flaw was addressed by commit 4f5defae7089 ("KVM: SEV: introduce
KVM_SEV_INIT2 operation"), and so then 4dd5ecacb9a4 ("KVM: SEV: allow
SEV-ES DebugSwap again") re-enabled DebugSwap by default.
Now that the dust has settled, the module param doesn't serve any
meaningful purpose.
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 11 +++--------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index f59c65abe3cf..9b92f0cccfe6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -53,9 +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);
-/* enable/disable SEV-ES DebugSwap support */
-static bool sev_es_debug_swap_enabled = true;
-module_param_named(debug_swap, sev_es_debug_swap_enabled, bool, 0444);
static u64 sev_supported_vmsa_features;
static unsigned int nr_ciphertext_hiding_asids;
@@ -3150,12 +3147,10 @@ void __init sev_hardware_setup(void)
sev_es_enabled = sev_es_supported;
sev_snp_enabled = sev_snp_supported;
- if (!sev_es_enabled || !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_DEBUG_SWAP) ||
- !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_NO_NESTED_DATA_BP))
- sev_es_debug_swap_enabled = false;
-
sev_supported_vmsa_features = 0;
- if (sev_es_debug_swap_enabled)
+
+ if (sev_es_enabled && cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_DEBUG_SWAP) &&
+ cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_NO_NESTED_DATA_BP))
sev_supported_vmsa_features |= SVM_SEV_FEAT_DEBUG_SWAP;
if (sev_snp_enabled && tsc_khz && cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SNP_SECURE_TSC))
--
2.52.0.457.g6b5491de43-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-09 3:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-09 3:30 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: SVM: Drop SEV-ES DebugSwap module param Sean Christopherson
2026-01-09 3:31 ` Sean Christopherson [this message]
2026-01-11 17:39 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SVM: Drop the module param to control SEV-ES DebugSwap Tom Lendacky
2026-01-09 3:31 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM: SVM: Tag sev_supported_vmsa_features as read-only after init Sean Christopherson
2026-01-11 17:40 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-01-15 18:03 ` [PATCH 0/2] KVM: SVM: Drop SEV-ES DebugSwap module param Sean Christopherson
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