From: "Pratik R. Sampat" <prsampat@amd.com>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
mcgrof@kernel.org, russ.weight@linux.dev, dakr@kernel.org,
ashish.kalra@amd.com, herbert@gondor.apana.org.au,
davem@davemloft.net
Cc: linux-crypto@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, rafael@kernel.org,
chao.gao@intel.com, aik@amd.com, tycho@kernel.org,
nikunj@amd.com, michael.roth@amd.com, shansinha@google.com
Subject: Re: [Patch v3 5/7] crypto: ccp - Allow SNP platform data to be queried after SNP INIT
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 09:50:24 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54615f00-c14b-4533-8560-dd4d3d315fc7@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <134b622e-fb3d-41eb-82ac-b5c73b871ff0@amd.com>
On 10/6/26 9:45 AM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> On 10/5/26 11:15, Pratik R. Sampat wrote:
>> In preparation for refreshing the cached SNP platform status and feature
>> information after a successful firmware live update from
>> DOWNLOAD_FIRMWARE_EX, allow snp_get_platform_data() to be called while
>> the SNP firmware is in the INIT state.
>>
>> Once SNP is initialized the firmware requires the output page of both
>> commands to be firmware-owned. sev->snp_plat_status cannot satisfy that
>> as it is embedded in struct sev_device, so use
>> __sev_do_snp_platform_status(), which stages the output through a
>> dedicated page. Allocate the SNP_FEATURE_INFO output page with
>> __snp_alloc_firmware_pages(), which transitions the page to
>> firmware-owned when SNP is initialized, and release it with
>> __snp_free_firmware_pages(), which reclaims it before freeing.
>>
>> Typically this was only ever exercised during initialization. However
>> DOWNLOAD_FIRMWARE_EX can change that. Live firmware update can race with
>> IOCTLs such as SEV_FACTORY_RESET which could cause operations performed
>> on incorrect cached platform states. Avoid this race by wrapping the
>> function under the sev_cmd_mutex.
>>
>> Co-developed-by: Tycho Andersen (AMD) <tycho@kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Tycho Andersen (AMD) <tycho@kernel.org>
>> Signed-off-by: Pratik R. Sampat <prsampat@amd.com>
>
> Just a minor comment below.
>
> Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
>
>> ---
>> drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c | 27 ++++++++++++---------------
>> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
>> index 1ed9e61a95cc..c40401c861d3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
>> +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
>> @@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ static void __sev_firmware_shutdown(struct sev_device *sev, bool panic);
>>
>> static int snp_shutdown_on_panic(struct notifier_block *nb,
>> unsigned long reason, void *arg);
>> +static int __sev_do_snp_platform_status(struct sev_user_data_snp_status *status,
>> + int *error);
>>
>> static struct notifier_block snp_panic_notifier = {
>> .notifier_call = snp_shutdown_on_panic,
>> @@ -1261,19 +1263,12 @@ static int snp_get_platform_data(struct sev_device *sev, int *error)
>> {
>> struct sev_data_snp_feature_info snp_feat_info;
>> struct snp_feature_info *feat_info;
>> - struct sev_data_snp_addr buf;
>> struct page *page;
>> int rc;
>>
>> - /*
>> - * This function is expected to be called before SNP is
>> - * initialized.
>> - */
>> - if (sev->snp_initialized)
>> - return -EINVAL;
>> + lockdep_assert_held(&sev_cmd_mutex);
>>
>> - buf.address = __psp_pa(&sev->snp_plat_status);
>> - rc = sev_do_cmd(SEV_CMD_SNP_PLATFORM_STATUS, &buf, error);
>> + rc = __sev_do_snp_platform_status(&sev->snp_plat_status, error);
>> if (rc) {
>> dev_err(sev->dev, "SNP PLATFORM_STATUS command failed, ret = %d, error = %#x\n",
>> rc, *error);
>> @@ -1297,23 +1292,23 @@ static int snp_get_platform_data(struct sev_device *sev, int *error)
>> * command to ensure structure is 8-byte aligned, and does not
>> * cross a page boundary.
>> */
>> - page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
>> - if (!page)
>> + page = __snp_alloc_firmware_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0, true);
>> + feat_info = page ? page_address(page) : NULL;
>> + if (!feat_info)
>> return -ENOMEM;
>>
>> - feat_info = page_address(page);
>
> This is a bit of churn when all you have to do is replace alloc_page()
> with __snp_alloc_firmware_pages(), right?
>
I'll clean that right up!
Thanks,
--Pratik
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>> snp_feat_info.length = sizeof(snp_feat_info);
>> snp_feat_info.ecx_in = 0;
>> snp_feat_info.feature_info_paddr = __psp_pa(feat_info);
>>
>> - rc = sev_do_cmd(SEV_CMD_SNP_FEATURE_INFO, &snp_feat_info, error);
>> + rc = __sev_do_cmd_locked(SEV_CMD_SNP_FEATURE_INFO, &snp_feat_info, error);
>> if (!rc)
>> sev->snp_feat_info_0 = *feat_info;
>> else
>> dev_err(sev->dev, "SNP FEATURE_INFO command failed, ret = %d, error = %#x\n",
>> rc, *error);
>>
>> - __free_page(page);
>> + __snp_free_firmware_pages(page, 0, true);
>>
>> return rc;
>> }
>> @@ -2097,6 +2092,8 @@ static int sev_get_api_version(void)
>> struct sev_user_data_status status;
>> int error = 0, ret;
>>
>> + guard(mutex)(&sev_cmd_mutex);
>> +
>> /*
>> * Cache SNP platform status and SNP feature information
>> * if SNP is available.
>> @@ -2107,7 +2104,7 @@ static int sev_get_api_version(void)
>> return 1;
>> }
>>
>> - ret = sev_platform_status(&status, &error);
>> + ret = __sev_do_cmd_locked(SEV_CMD_PLATFORM_STATUS, &status, &error);
>> if (ret) {
>> dev_err(sev->dev,
>> "SEV: failed to get status. Error: %#x\n", error);
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-06 14:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-05 16:15 [Patch v3 0/7] Implement SNP live firmware update support Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-05 16:15 ` [Patch v3 1/7] firmware_loader: Stop pinning modules on registration Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-05 16:15 ` [Patch v3 2/7] firmware_loader: Stop pinning parent device per workqueue invocation Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-05 16:15 ` [Patch v3 3/7] treewide: firmware_loader: Drop the unused @module argument Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-05 16:15 ` [Patch v3 4/7] crypto: ccp - Factor out the release of the SEV firmware buffers Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-05 16:15 ` [Patch v3 5/7] crypto: ccp - Allow SNP platform data to be queried after SNP INIT Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-06 14:45 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-10-06 14:50 ` Pratik R. Sampat [this message]
2026-10-05 16:15 ` [Patch v3 6/7] crypto/ccp: Register with fw_uploader and always fail Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-06 20:24 ` Shantanu Sinha
2026-10-05 16:15 ` [Patch v3 7/7] crypto/ccp: Implement SNP Download Firmware EX Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-06 16:10 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-10-06 16:41 ` Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-06 17:32 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-10-06 17:55 ` Pratik R. Sampat
2026-10-06 21:09 ` Shantanu Sinha
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