From: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
To: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, <kvm@vger.kernel.org>,
<bp@alien8.de>, <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: <tglx@kernel.org>, <mingo@redhat.com>,
<dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, <hpa@zytor.com>, <xin@zytor.com>,
<seanjc@google.com>, <pbonzini@redhat.com>, <x86@kernel.org>,
<jon.grimm@amd.com>, <nikunj@amd.com>, <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/fred: Fix early boot failures on SEV-ES/SNP guests
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2026 05:10:30 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260205051030.1225975-1-nikunj@amd.com> (raw)
FRED enabled SEV-ES and SNP guests fail to boot due to the following
issues in the early boot sequence:
* FRED does not have a #VC exception handler in the dispatch logic
* For secondary CPUs, FRED is enabled before setting up the FRED MSRs, and
console output triggers a #VC which cannot be handled
* Early FRED #VC exceptions should use boot_ghcb until per-CPU GHCBs are
initialized
Fix these issues to ensure SEV-ES/SNP guests can handle #VC exceptions
correctly during early boot when FRED is enabled.
Fixes: 14619d912b65 ("x86/fred: FRED entry/exit and dispatch code")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 6.9+
Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
---
Reason to add stable tag:
With FRED support for SVM here
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20260129063653.3553076-1-shivansh.dhiman@amd.com,
SVM and SEV guests running 6.9 and later kernels will support FRED.
However, *SEV-ES and SNP guests cannot support FRED* and will fail to boot
with the following error:
[ 0.005144] Using GB pages for direct mapping
[ 0.008402] Initialize FRED on CPU0
qemu-system-x86_64: cpus are not resettable, terminating
Three problems were identified as detailed in the commit message above and
is fixed with this patch.
I would like the patch to be backported to the LTS kernels (6.12 and 6.18) to
ensure SEV-ES and SNP guests running these stable kernel versions can boot
with FRED enabled on FRED-enabled hypervisors.
---
arch/x86/coco/sev/noinstr.c | 6 ++++++
arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c | 5 +++++
arch/x86/kernel/fred.c | 14 +++++++++++---
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/sev/noinstr.c b/arch/x86/coco/sev/noinstr.c
index 9d94aca4a698..5afd663a1c21 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/sev/noinstr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/sev/noinstr.c
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ noinstr struct ghcb *__sev_get_ghcb(struct ghcb_state *state)
WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+ if (!sev_cfg.ghcbs_initialized)
+ return boot_ghcb;
+
data = this_cpu_read(runtime_data);
ghcb = &data->ghcb_page;
@@ -164,6 +167,9 @@ noinstr void __sev_put_ghcb(struct ghcb_state *state)
WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled());
+ if (!sev_cfg.ghcbs_initialized)
+ return;
+
data = this_cpu_read(runtime_data);
ghcb = &data->ghcb_page;
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c b/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
index a9b72997103d..7a8659f19441 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_fred.c
@@ -208,6 +208,11 @@ static noinstr void fred_hwexc(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long error_code)
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_CET
case X86_TRAP_CP: return exc_control_protection(regs, error_code);
#endif
+ case X86_TRAP_VC:
+ if (user_mode(regs))
+ return user_exc_vmm_communication(regs, error_code);
+ else
+ return kernel_exc_vmm_communication(regs, error_code);
default: return fred_bad_type(regs, error_code);
}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
index e736b19e18de..8cf4da546a8e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fred.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(fred_rsp0);
void cpu_init_fred_exceptions(void)
{
- /* When FRED is enabled by default, remove this log message */
- pr_info("Initialize FRED on CPU%d\n", smp_processor_id());
-
/*
* If a kernel event is delivered before a CPU goes to user level for
* the first time, its SS is NULL thus NULL is pushed into the SS field
@@ -70,6 +67,17 @@ void cpu_init_fred_exceptions(void)
/* Use int $0x80 for 32-bit system calls in FRED mode */
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SYSFAST32);
setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SYSCALL32);
+
+ /*
+ * For secondary processors, FRED bit in CR4 gets enabled in cr4_init()
+ * and FRED MSRs are not configured till the end of this function. For
+ * SEV-ES and SNP guests, any console write before the FRED MSRs are
+ * setup will cause a #VC and cannot be handled. Move the pr_info to
+ * the end of this function.
+ *
+ * When FRED is enabled by default, remove this log message
+ */
+ pr_info("Initialized FRED on CPU%d\n", smp_processor_id());
}
/* Must be called after setup_cpu_entry_areas() */
base-commit: 3c2ca964f75460093a8aad6b314a6cd558e80e66
--
2.48.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-02-05 5:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-05 5:10 Nikunj A Dadhania [this message]
2026-02-05 5:55 ` [PATCH] x86/fred: Fix early boot failures on SEV-ES/SNP guests Greg KH
2026-02-05 6:10 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-02-05 6:20 ` Greg KH
2026-02-05 15:50 ` Sean Christopherson
2026-02-05 15:58 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-05 16:00 ` Greg KH
2026-02-05 5:56 ` Greg KH
2026-02-05 6:24 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-02-05 7:11 ` Xin Li
2026-02-05 8:54 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-02-05 14:34 ` Xin Li
2026-02-05 10:41 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-06 3:31 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-02-06 9:34 ` Xin Li
2026-02-05 12:24 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-05 12:35 ` kernel test robot
2026-02-05 16:10 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-05 17:20 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-05 17:39 ` Tom Lendacky
2026-02-06 12:38 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-02-16 5:16 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
2026-02-16 17:10 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-19 19:27 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-02-19 20:22 ` Dave Hansen
2026-02-19 20:50 ` Sohil Mehta
2026-02-05 17:39 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-02-06 12:12 ` Nikunj A. Dadhania
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