Re: [PATCH v3 8/8] x86/sev/docs: Document the SNP Reverse Map Table (RMP)

["Nikunj A. Dadhania" <nikunj@amd.com>]

On 9/30/2024 8:52 PM, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> Update the AMD memory encryption documentation to include information on
> the Reverse Map Table (RMP) and the two table formats.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> ---
>  .../arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst        | 118 ++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 118 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
> index 6df3264f23b9..bd840df708ea 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
> @@ -130,8 +130,126 @@ SNP feature support.
>  
>  More details in AMD64 APM[1] Vol 2: 15.34.10 SEV_STATUS MSR
>  
> +Reverse Map Table (RMP)
> +=======================
> +
> +The RMP is a structure in system memory that is used to ensure a one-to-one
> +mapping between system physical addresses and guest physical addresses. Each
> +page of memory that is potentially assignable to guests has one entry within
> +the RMP.
> +
> +The RMP table can be either contiguous in memory or a collection of segments
> +in memory.
> +
> +Contiguous RMP
> +--------------
> +
> +Support for this form of the RMP is present when support for SEV-SNP is
> +present, which can be determined using the CPUID instruction::
> +
> +	0x8000001f[eax]:
> +		Bit[4] indicates support for SEV-SNP
> +
> +The location of the RMP is identified to the hardware through two MSRs::
> +
> +        0xc0010132 (RMP_BASE):
> +                System physical address of the first byte of the RMP
> +
> +        0xc0010133 (RMP_END):
> +                System physical address of the last byte of the RMP
> +
> +Hardware requires that RMP_BASE and (RPM_END + 1) be 8KB aligned, but SEV
> +firmware increases the alignment requirement to require a 1MB alignment.
> +
> +The RMP consists of a 16KB region used for processor bookkeeping followed
> +by the RMP entries, which are 16 bytes in size. The size of the RMP
> +determines the range of physical memory that the hypervisor can assign to
> +SEV-SNP guests. The RMP covers the system physical address from::
> +
> +        0 to ((RMP_END + 1 - RMP_BASE - 16KB) / 16B) x 4KB.
> +
> +The current Linux support relies on BIOS to allocate/reserve the memory for
> +the RMP and to set RMP_BASE and RMP_END appropriately. Linux uses the MSR
> +values to locate the RMP and determine the size of the RMP. The RMP must
> +cover all of system memory in order for Linux to enable SEV-SNP.
> +
> +Segmented RMP
> +-------------
> +
> +Segmented RMP support is a new way of representing the layout of an RMP.
> +Initial RMP support required the RMP table to be contiguous in memory.
> +RMP accesses from a NUMA node on which the RMP doesn't reside
> +can take longer than accesses from a NUMA node on which the RMP resides.
> +Segmented RMP support allows the RMP entries to be located on the same
> +node as the memory the RMP is covering, potentially reducing latency
> +associated with accessing an RMP entry associated with the memory. Each
> +RMP segment covers a specific range of system physical addresses.
> +
> +Support for this form of the RMP can be determined using the CPUID
> +instruction::
> +
> +        0x8000001f[eax]:
> +                Bit[23] indicates support for segmented RMP
> +
> +If supported, segmented RMP attributes can be found using the CPUID
> +instruction::
> +
> +        0x80000025[eax]:
> +                Bits[5:0]  minimum supported RMP segment size
> +                Bits[11:6] maximum supported RMP segment size
> +
> +        0x80000025[ebx]:
> +                Bits[9:0]  number of cacheable RMP segment definitions
> +                Bit[10]    indicates if the number of cacheable RMP segments
> +                           is a hard limit
> +
> +To enable a segmented RMP, a new MSR is available::

This may be more appropriate:

To discover segmented RMP support, a new MSR is available::

> +
> +        0xc0010136 (RMP_CFG):
> +                Bit[0]     indicates if segmented RMP is enabled
> +                Bits[13:8] contains the size of memory covered by an RMP
> +                           segment (expressed as a power of 2)
> +
> +The RMP segment size defined in the RMP_CFG MSR applies to all segments
> +of the RMP. Therefore each RMP segment covers a specific range of system
> +physical addresses. For example, if the RMP_CFG MSR value is 0x2401, then
> +the RMP segment coverage value is 0x24 => 36, meaning the size of memory
> +covered by an RMP segment is 64GB (1 << 36). So the first RMP segment
> +covers physical addresses from 0 to 0xF_FFFF_FFFF, the second RMP segment
> +covers physical addresses from 0x10_0000_0000 to 0x1F_FFFF_FFFF, etc.
> +
> +When a segmented RMP is enabled, RMP_BASE points to the RMP bookkeeping
> +area as it does today (16K in size). However, instead of RMP entries
> +beginning immediately after the bookkeeping area, there is a 4K RMP
> +segment table (RST). Each entry in the RST is 8-bytes in size and represents
> +an RMP segment::
> +
> +        Bits[19:0]  mapped size (in GB)
> +                    The mapped size can be less than the defined segment size.
> +                    A value of zero, indicates that no RMP exists for the range
> +                    of system physical addresses associated with this segment.
> +        Bits[51:20] segment physical address
> +                    This address is left shift 20-bits (or just masked when
> +                    read) to form the physical address of the segment (1MB
> +                    alignment).
> +
> +The RST can hold 512 segment entries but can be limited in size to the number
> +of cacheable RMP segments (CPUID 0x80000025_EBX[9:0]) if the number of cacheable
> +RMP segments is a hard limit (CPUID 0x80000025_EBX[10]).
> +
> +The current Linux support relies on BIOS to allocate/reserve the memory for
> +the segmented RMP (the bookkeeping area, RST, and all segments), build the RST
> +and to set RMP_BASE, RMP_END, and RMP_CFG appropriately. Linux uses the MSR
> +values to locate the RMP and determine the size and location of the RMP
> +segments. The RMP must cover all of system memory in order for Linux to enable
> +SEV-SNP.
> +
> +More details in the AMD64 APM Vol 2, section "15.36.3 Reverse Map Table",
> +docID: 24593.
> +
>  Secure VM Service Module (SVSM)
>  ===============================
> +
>  SNP provides a feature called Virtual Machine Privilege Levels (VMPL) which
>  defines four privilege levels at which guest software can run. The most
>  privileged level is 0 and numerically higher numbers have lesser privileges.