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Shouldn't the CPU >> *boot* in a state where it is optimized? Why should software have to >> tell it that coming out of reset, there is no SEV-SNP memory? > When the CPU boots, the RMP checks are not done and therefore the CPU > is booting in a state where it is optimized. > > The RMP checks are not enabled till SEV-SNP is enabled and SNP is enabled > during kernel boot (as part of iommu_snp_enable() -> snp_rmptable_init()). > > Once SNP is enabled as part of kernel boot, hypervisor and non-SNP guests are > subject to RMP checks on writes to provide integrity of SEV-SNP guest memory. > > Therefore, we need to enable these RMP optimizations after SNP has been > enabled to indicate which 1GB regions of memory are known to not contain any > SEV-SNP guest memory. They are known not to contain any SEV-SNP guest memory at the moment snp_rmptable_init() finishes, no?