From: Melody Wang <huibo.wang@amd.com>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, x86@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] x86/apic: Add an SVSM APIC driver
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2026 19:06:53 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8ada168a-2bff-4e9a-b0b3-6776b060f739@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a11dbf6d-e418-4372-a5ba-123f75243978@amd.com>
Hi Tom,
On 8/21/26 7:40 AM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> If that is the case, then the fix would be to move the setting of the CAA
> into the svsm_perform_call_protocol() function and just make that function
> external, which will eliminate the need for svsm_do_call().
>
> You would be a pre-patch then for fixing all the callers of
> svsm_perform_call_protocol().
This is the code, do you think this is what is in your mind?
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/svsm.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/svsm.c
index e2d3bc3c26eb..f036a85a043b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/svsm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/svsm.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@ int svsm_perform_call_protocol(struct svsm_call *call)
flags = native_local_irq_save();
+ if (!call->caa)
+ call->caa = svsm_get_caa();
+
ghcb = __sev_get_ghcb(&state);
do {
@@ -87,6 +90,7 @@ int svsm_perform_call_protocol(struct svsm_call *call)
return ret;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(svsm_perform_call_protocol);
static u64 svsm_build_ca_from_pfn_range(u64 pfn, u64 pfn_end, bool action,
struct svsm_pvalidate_call *pc)
@@ -321,7 +325,6 @@ int snp_svsm_vtpm_send_command(u8 *buffer)
{
struct svsm_call call = {};
- call.caa = svsm_get_caa();
call.rax = SVSM_VTPM_CALL(SVSM_VTPM_CMD);
call.rcx = __pa(buffer);
@@ -345,7 +348,6 @@ bool snp_svsm_vtpm_probe(void)
if (!snp_vmpl)
return false;
- call.caa = svsm_get_caa();
call.rax = SVSM_VTPM_CALL(SVSM_VTPM_QUERY);
if (svsm_perform_call_protocol(&call))
@@ -354,9 +356,3 @@ bool snp_svsm_vtpm_probe(void)
/* Check platform commands contains TPM_SEND_COMMAND - platform
command 8 */
return call.rcx_out & BIT_ULL(8);
}
-
-int svsm_do_call(struct svsm_call *call)
-{
- call->caa = svsm_get_caa();
- return svsm_perform_call_protocol(call);
-}
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
index f958f78e1db8..9013b392ad40 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ u64 sev_get_status(void);
void sev_show_status(void);
int prepare_pte_enc(struct pte_enc_desc *d);
void set_pte_enc_mask(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t new_prot);
-int svsm_do_call(struct svsm_call *call);
void snp_kexec_finish(void);
void snp_kexec_begin(void);
@@ -536,7 +535,7 @@ void snp_msg_free(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc);
int snp_send_guest_request(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc, struct
snp_guest_req *req);
int snp_svsm_vtpm_send_command(u8 *buffer);
-
+int svsm_perform_call_protocol(struct svsm_call *call);
void __init snp_secure_tsc_prepare(void);
void __init snp_secure_tsc_init(void);
enum es_result savic_register_gpa(u64 gpa);
@@ -619,7 +618,6 @@ static inline int rmpadjust(unsigned long vaddr,
bool rmp_psize, unsigned long a
static inline void setup_ghcb(void) { }
static inline void __init
early_snp_set_memory_private(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long paddr,
unsigned long npages) { }
-static inline int svsm_do_call(struct svsm_call *call) { return 0; }
static inline void __init
early_snp_set_memory_shared(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long paddr,
unsigned long npages) { }
static inline void snp_set_memory_shared(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned
long npages) { }
@@ -645,6 +643,7 @@ static inline void snp_msg_free(struct snp_msg_desc
*mdesc) { }
static inline int snp_send_guest_request(struct snp_msg_desc *mdesc,
struct snp_guest_req *req) {
return -ENODEV; }
static inline int snp_svsm_vtpm_send_command(u8 *buffer) { return
-ENODEV; }
+static inline int svsm_perform_call_protocol(struct svsm_call *call) {
return -ENODEV; }
static inline void __init snp_secure_tsc_prepare(void) { }
static inline void __init snp_secure_tsc_init(void) { }
static inline void sev_evict_cache(void *va, int npages) {}
Thanks,
Melody
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>>
>
--
Thanks,
Melody
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-25 2:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-30 1:48 [PATCH 0/7] Alternate Injection: Secure Interrupt Delivery for SEV-SNP Guests - Guest Support Melody Wang
2026-07-30 1:48 ` [PATCH 1/7] x86/sev: Add support for Alternate Injection Melody Wang
2026-07-31 15:27 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-07-30 1:48 ` [PATCH 2/7] x86/apic: Add an SVSM APIC driver Melody Wang
2026-07-31 17:39 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-08-20 5:06 ` Melody Wang
2026-08-20 15:43 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-08-21 3:19 ` Melody Wang
2026-08-21 14:40 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-08-25 2:06 ` Melody Wang [this message]
2026-07-30 1:48 ` [PATCH 3/7] x86/sev: Allow the guest to configure interrupt vectors for the hypervisor Melody Wang
2026-07-31 17:52 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-07-30 1:48 ` [PATCH 4/7] x86/sev: Route unsupported APIC register accesses to the hypervisor APIC emulation Melody Wang
2026-07-31 18:37 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-07-30 1:48 ` [PATCH 5/7] x86/sev: Add a function to contain all SEV-specific setup operations Melody Wang
2026-07-31 19:15 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-07-30 1:48 ` [PATCH 6/7] x86/sev: Register the guest with the SVSM APIC protocol Melody Wang
2026-07-31 19:18 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-07-30 1:48 ` [PATCH 7/7] x86/sev: Indicate that Alternate Injection is supported in the guest Melody Wang
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