From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
To: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>,
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Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] KVM: SEV: Add support for SMT Protection
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2025 11:00:19 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7c36a16a-1c04-4c05-8689-52d8b75d3965@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250807165950.14953-2-kim.phillips@amd.com>
On 8/7/25 09:59, Kim Phillips wrote:
> Add the new CPUID bit that indicates available hardware support:
> CPUID_Fn8000001F_EAX [AMD Secure Encryption EAX] bit 25.
>
> Indicate support for SEV_FEATURES bit 15 (SmtProtection) to be set by
> an SNP guest to enable the feature.
It would be ideal to see an logical description of what "SmtProtection"
is and what it means for the kernel as opposed to referring to the
documentation and letting reviewers draw their own conclusions.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-08-07 18:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-08-07 16:59 [RFC PATCH 0/1] KVM: SEV: Add support for SMT Protection Kim Phillips
2025-08-07 16:59 ` [RFC PATCH 1/1] " Kim Phillips
2025-08-07 18:00 ` Dave Hansen [this message]
2025-08-08 6:31 ` K Prateek Nayak
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