From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
To: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
linux-coco@lists.linux.dev, x86@kernel.org
Cc: 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>,
Borislav Petkov <borislav.petkov@amd.com>,
Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>, 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: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:02:37 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <72838e83-bfb3-4ecb-bf3b-9f37c3116f29@amd.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260126224205.1442196-2-kim.phillips@amd.com>
On 1/26/26 16:42, Kim Phillips wrote:
> The SEV-SNP IBPB-on-Entry feature does not require a guest-side
> implementation. The feature was added in Zen5 h/w, after the first
> SNP Zen implementation, and thus was not accounted for when the
> initial set of SNP features were added to the kernel.
>
> In its abundant precaution, commit 8c29f0165405 ("x86/sev: Add SEV-SNP
> guest feature negotiation support") included SEV_STATUS' IBPB-on-Entry
> bit as a reserved bit, thereby masking guests from using the feature.
>
> Unmask the bit, to allow guests to take advantage of the feature on
> hypervisor kernel versions that support it: Amend the SEV_STATUS MSR
> SNP_RESERVED_MASK to exclude bit 23 (IbpbOnEntry).
>
> Fixes: 8c29f0165405 ("x86/sev: Add SEV-SNP guest feature negotiation support")
> Cc: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> CC: Borislav Petkov (AMD) <bp@alien8.de>
> CC: Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>
> Cc: stable@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
With the change to the subject line...
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c | 1 +
> arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c | 1 +
> arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 5 ++++-
> 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
> index c8c1464b3a56..2b639703b8dd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
> @@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ bool sev_es_check_ghcb_fault(unsigned long address)
> MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BIT13 | \
> MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BIT15 | \
> MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC | \
> + MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS19_22 | \
> MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_MASK)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_AMD_SECURE_AVIC
> diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
> index 9ae3b11754e6..13f608117411 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/core.c
> @@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ static const char * const sev_status_feat_names[] = {
> [MSR_AMD64_SNP_VMSA_REG_PROT_BIT] = "VMSARegProt",
> [MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT_BIT] = "SMTProt",
> [MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT] = "SecureAVIC",
> + [MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT] = "IBPBOnEntry",
> };
>
> /*
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> index 4d3566bb1a93..9016a6b00bc7 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> @@ -735,7 +735,10 @@
> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_SMT_PROT_BIT)
> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT 18
> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_SECURE_AVIC_BIT)
> -#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESV_BIT 19
> +#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_BITS19_22 GENMASK_ULL(22, 19)
> +#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT 23
> +#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY BIT_ULL(MSR_AMD64_SNP_IBPB_ON_ENTRY_BIT)
> +#define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESV_BIT 24
> #define MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESERVED_MASK GENMASK_ULL(63, MSR_AMD64_SNP_RESV_BIT)
> #define MSR_AMD64_SAVIC_CONTROL 0xc0010138
> #define MSR_AMD64_SAVIC_EN_BIT 0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-28 19:03 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 [this message]
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
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
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