Kernel KVM virtualization development
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, x86@kernel.org,
	Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	K Prateek Nayak <kprateek.nayak@amd.com>,
	Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>,
	Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>,
	Naveen Rao <naveen.rao@amd.com>,
	David Kaplan <david.kaplan@amd.com>,
	stable@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SEV: IBPB-on-Entry guest support
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2026 08:56:07 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <2295adbc-835f-4a84-934b-b7aba65137a8@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260130123252.GAaXyk9DJEAiQeDyeh@fat_crate.local>

On 1/30/26 06:32, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 04:32:49PM -0600, Kim Phillips wrote:
>> Not *all* SNP features are implemented in all guest kernel versions, and,
>> well, for those that don't require explicit guest code support, perhaps it's
>> because they aren't necessarily well defined and validated in all hardware
>> versions...
> 
> Ok, can you add *this* feature to SNP_FEATURES_PRESENT? If not, why not?

It can be added. Any of the features added to SNP_FEATURES_PRESENT that
aren't set in the SNP_FEATURES_IMPL_REQ bitmap are really a no-op. The
SNP_FEATURES_PRESENT bitmap is meant to contain whatever bits are set in
SNP_FEATURES_IMPL_REQ when an implementation has been implemented for the
guest.

But, yeah, we could add all the bits that aren't set in
SNP_FEATURES_IMPL_REQ to SNP_FEATURES_PRESENT if it makes it clearer.

If we do that, it should probably be a separate patch (?) that also
rewords the comment above SNP_FEATURES_PRESENT

Thanks,
Tom

> 


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-30 14:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-26 22:42 [PATCH 0/2] KVM: SEV: Add support for IBPB-on-Entry Kim Phillips
2026-01-26 22:42 ` [PATCH 1/2] KVM: SEV: IBPB-on-Entry guest support Kim Phillips
2026-01-27  6:19   ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-01-28 19:02   ` Tom Lendacky
2026-01-28 19:23   ` Borislav Petkov
2026-01-29  0:38     ` Kim Phillips
2026-01-29 10:51       ` Borislav Petkov
2026-01-29 22:32         ` Kim Phillips
2026-01-30 12:32           ` Borislav Petkov
2026-01-30 14:56             ` Tom Lendacky [this message]
2026-01-30 15:45               ` Borislav Petkov
2026-02-02 15:38                 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-02-02 15:49                   ` Borislav Petkov
2026-02-02 16:09                     ` Tom Lendacky
2026-02-02 17:12                       ` Borislav Petkov
2026-01-26 22:42 ` [PATCH 2/2] KVM: SEV: Add support for IBPB-on-Entry Kim Phillips
2026-01-27  6:38   ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-01-27 20:56     ` Kim Phillips
2026-01-28 19:08   ` Tom Lendacky

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=2295adbc-835f-4a84-934b-b7aba65137a8@amd.com \
    --to=thomas.lendacky@amd.com \
    --cc=bp@alien8.de \
    --cc=david.kaplan@amd.com \
    --cc=kim.phillips@amd.com \
    --cc=kprateek.nayak@amd.com \
    --cc=kvm@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-coco@lists.linux.dev \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=michael.roth@amd.com \
    --cc=naveen.rao@amd.com \
    --cc=nikunj@amd.com \
    --cc=pbonzini@redhat.com \
    --cc=seanjc@google.com \
    --cc=stable@kernel.org \
    --cc=x86@kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox