From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Ashish Kalra <Ashish.Kalra@amd.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] x86/sev: Add interface to re-enable RMP optimizations.
Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:33:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <23267200-9fed-43a9-a28b-a6daa701159b@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <a30809d43368d6ddeb82e6717be83327282ee52e.1774755884.git.ashish.kalra@amd.com>
The subject seems rather imprecise. This both adds a function to
"re-enable RMP optimizations" *AND* calls it.
> RMPOPT table is a per-processor table which indicates if 1GB regions of
> physical memory are entirely hypervisor-owned or not.
It's per-core, right? Why not just be precise about it?
> When performing host memory accesses in hypervisor mode as well as
> non-SNP guest mode, the processor may consult the RMPOPT table to
> potentially skip an RMP access and improve performance.
>
> Events such as RMPUPDATE or SNP_INIT can clear RMP optimizations. Add
> an interface to re-enable those optimizations.
> +int snp_perform_rmp_optimization(void)
> +{
> + if (!cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_RMPOPT))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (!cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_HOST_SEV_SNP))
> + return -EINVAL;
> +
> + if (!(rmp_cfg & MSR_AMD64_SEG_RMP_ENABLED))
> + return -EINVAL;
This seems wrong. How about we just make 'X86_FEATURE_RMPOPT' the one
true source of RMP support?
If you don't have CC_ATTR_HOST_SEV_SNP you:
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_RMPOPT)
Ditto for MSR_AMD64_SEG_RMP_ENABLED.
It could also potentially replace the 'rmpopt_wq' checks.
> + rmpopt_all_physmem(FALSE);
> +
> + return 0;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(snp_perform_rmp_optimization);
> +
> void __snp_leak_pages(u64 pfn, unsigned int npages, bool dump_rmp)
> {
> struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn);
> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> index aebf4dad545e..0cbe828d204c 100644
> --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c
> @@ -1476,6 +1476,10 @@ static int __sev_snp_init_locked(int *error, unsigned int max_snp_asid)
> }
>
> snp_hv_fixed_pages_state_update(sev, HV_FIXED);
> +
> + /* SNP_INIT clears the RMPOPT table, re-enable RMP optimizations */
> + snp_perform_rmp_optimization();
Ahhh, so this isn't happening at boot, it happens when kvm_amd.ko gets
loaded? That escaped me until now. It would be nice to mention
somewhere, please.
There is basically no naming difference between
snp_perform_rmp_optimization() and rmpopt_all_physmem(). Can you just
get this all down to a single function, please?
If you really have a reason to have a scan now and scan later mode, just
do this:
rmpopt_all_physmem(RMPOPT_SCAN_NOW);
and:
rmpopt_all_physmem(RMPOPT_SCAN_LATER);
*That* function can do the X86_FEATURE_RMPOPT check.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-30 23:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <cover.1774755884.git.ashish.kalra@amd.com>
2026-03-30 22:25 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] x86/cpufeatures: Add X86_FEATURE_AMD_RMPOPT feature flag Ashish Kalra
2026-03-30 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] x86/sev: Add support for enabling RMPOPT Ashish Kalra
2026-03-30 22:38 ` Dave Hansen
2026-03-30 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] x86/sev: Add support to perform RMP optimizations asynchronously Ashish Kalra
2026-03-30 23:22 ` Dave Hansen
2026-03-31 0:46 ` Kalra, Ashish
2026-04-01 15:47 ` Kalra, Ashish
2026-04-01 16:10 ` Dave Hansen
2026-03-30 22:26 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] x86/sev: Add interface to re-enable RMP optimizations Ashish Kalra
2026-03-30 23:33 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2026-03-31 0:54 ` Kalra, Ashish
2026-03-30 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] KVM: SEV: Perform RMP optimizations on SNP guest shutdown Ashish Kalra
2026-03-30 23:47 ` Dave Hansen
2026-03-30 22:27 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] x86/sev: Add debugfs support for RMPOPT Ashish Kalra
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