From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@google.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linux-efi@vger.kernel.org, x86@kernel.org,
Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>,
Kevin Loughlin <kevinloughlin@google.com>,
Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>,
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
Subject: [PATCH v7 10/22] x86/boot: Drop redundant RMPADJUST in SEV SVSM presence check
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 12:22:13 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250828102202.1849035-34-ardb+git@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250828102202.1849035-24-ardb+git@google.com>
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
snp_vmpl will be assigned a non-zero value when executing at a VMPL
other than 0, and this is inferred from a call to RMPADJUST, which only
works when running at VMPL0.
This means that testing snp_vmpl is sufficient, and there is no need to
perform the same check again.
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c | 20 +++-----------------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
index de73da526577..d650a314143b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c
@@ -404,30 +404,16 @@ void sev_enable(struct boot_params *bp)
*/
if (sev_status & MSR_AMD64_SEV_SNP_ENABLED) {
u64 hv_features;
- int ret;
hv_features = get_hv_features();
if (!(hv_features & GHCB_HV_FT_SNP))
sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_GEN, GHCB_SNP_UNSUPPORTED);
/*
- * Enforce running at VMPL0 or with an SVSM.
- *
- * Use RMPADJUST (see the rmpadjust() function for a description of
- * what the instruction does) to update the VMPL1 permissions of a
- * page. If the guest is running at VMPL0, this will succeed. If the
- * guest is running at any other VMPL, this will fail. Linux SNP guests
- * only ever run at a single VMPL level so permission mask changes of a
- * lesser-privileged VMPL are a don't-care.
+ * Running at VMPL0 is required unless an SVSM is present and
+ * the hypervisor supports the required SVSM GHCB events.
*/
- ret = rmpadjust((unsigned long)&boot_ghcb_page, RMP_PG_SIZE_4K, 1);
-
- /*
- * Running at VMPL0 is not required if an SVSM is present and the hypervisor
- * supports the required SVSM GHCB events.
- */
- if (ret &&
- !(snp_vmpl && (hv_features & GHCB_HV_FT_SNP_MULTI_VMPL)))
+ if (snp_vmpl > 0 && !(hv_features & GHCB_HV_FT_SNP_MULTI_VMPL))
sev_es_terminate(SEV_TERM_SET_LINUX, GHCB_TERM_NOT_VMPL0);
}
--
2.51.0.268.g9569e192d0-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-28 10:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-28 10:22 [PATCH v7 00/22] x86: strict separation of startup code Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 01/22] x86/sev: Separate MSR and GHCB based snp_cpuid() via a callback Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 15:33 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-08-28 16:14 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-09 21:45 ` Tom Lendacky
2025-09-09 21:44 ` Tom Lendacky
2025-09-09 22:20 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-09-10 13:57 ` Tom Lendacky
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 02/22] x86/sev: Use MSR protocol for remapping SVSM calling area Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 03/22] x86/sev: Use MSR protocol only for early SVSM PVALIDATE call Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 04/22] x86/sev: Run RMPADJUST on SVSM calling area page to test VMPL Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 05/22] x86/sev: Move GHCB page based HV communication out of startup code Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-31 10:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-08-31 10:52 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-31 10:56 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-31 11:15 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-08-31 12:30 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-31 13:11 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-01 13:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-09-01 14:02 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-01 14:25 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-09-01 14:26 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 06/22] x86/sev: Avoid global variable to store virtual address of SVSM area Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 07/22] x86/sev: Share implementation of MSR-based page state change Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 08/22] x86/sev: Pass SVSM calling area down to early page state change API Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 09/22] x86/sev: Use boot SVSM CA for all startup and init code Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` Ard Biesheuvel [this message]
2025-09-02 12:02 ` [PATCH v7 10/22] x86/boot: Drop redundant RMPADJUST in SEV SVSM presence check Borislav Petkov
2025-09-02 13:50 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 11/22] x86/boot: Provide PIC aliases for 5-level paging related constants Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 12/22] x86/sev: Provide PIC aliases for SEV related data objects Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-02 12:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-09-02 12:24 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-02 16:24 ` Borislav Petkov
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 13/22] x86/sev: Move __sev_[get|put]_ghcb() into separate noinstr object Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 14/22] x86/sev: Export startup routines for later use Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 15/22] objtool: Add action to check for absence of absolute relocations Ard Biesheuvel
2025-10-13 9:40 ` Andreas Schwab
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 16/22] x86/boot: Check startup code " Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 17/22] x86/boot: Revert "Reject absolute references in .head.text" Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 18/22] x86/kbuild: Incorporate boot/startup/ via Kbuild makefile Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 19/22] x86/boot: Create a confined code area for startup code Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 20/22] efistub/x86: Remap inittext read-execute when needed Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 21/22] x86/boot: Move startup code out of __head section Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-03 9:20 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2025-08-28 10:22 ` [PATCH v7 22/22] x86/boot: Get rid of the .head.text section Ard Biesheuvel
2025-09-03 16:22 ` [PATCH v7 00/22] x86: strict separation of startup code Borislav Petkov
2025-09-04 6:29 ` Ard Biesheuvel
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