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From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
To: "Pratik R. Sampat" <prsampat@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 14:18:51 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3511498b-d72c-4fab-aafe-5d05d9d3f460@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <92a1de684bfb5d8633c2de0ed8511f33282a0d70.1791302373.git.prsampat@amd.com>

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().

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


  reply	other threads:[~2026-10-09 19:19 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 [this message]
2026-10-09 19:43     ` Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-06 16:55 ` [Patch v2 4/4] x86/hyperv: " Pratik R. Sampat

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