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[PATCH v5 2/2] KVM: SEV: Configure "ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES" VMCB Field

Kim Phillips posted 2 patches 11 months ago
[PATCH v5 2/2] KVM: SEV: Configure "ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES" VMCB Field
Posted by Kim Phillips 11 months ago 
AMD EPYC 5th generation processors have introduced a feature that allows
the hypervisor to control the SEV_FEATURES that are set for, or by, a
guest [1].  ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES can be used by the hypervisor to enforce
that SEV-ES and SEV-SNP guests cannot enable features that the
hypervisor does not want to be enabled.

Always enable ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES.  A VMRUN will fail if any
non-reserved bits are 1 in SEV_FEATURES but are 0 in
ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES.

Some SEV_FEATURES - currently PmcVirtualization and SecureAvic
(see Appendix B, Table B-4) - require an opt-in via ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES,
i.e. are off-by-default, whereas all other features are effectively
on-by-default, but still honor ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES.

[1] Section 15.36.20 "Allowed SEV Features", AMD64 Architecture
    Programmer's Manual, Pub. 24593 Rev. 3.42 - March 2024:
    https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=306250

Co-developed-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kvijayab@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kvijayab@amd.com>
Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h | 7 ++++++-
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c     | 5 +++++
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c     | 2 ++
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
index 9b7fa99ae951..b382fd251e5b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
@@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) vmcb_control_area {
 	u64 avic_physical_id;	/* Offset 0xf8 */
 	u8 reserved_7[8];
 	u64 vmsa_pa;		/* Used for an SEV-ES guest */
-	u8 reserved_8[720];
+	u8 reserved_8[40];
+	u64 allowed_sev_features;	/* Offset 0x138 */
+	u64 guest_sev_features;		/* Offset 0x140 */
+	u8 reserved_9[664];
 	/*
 	 * Offset 0x3e0, 32 bytes reserved
 	 * for use by hypervisor/software.
@@ -291,6 +294,8 @@ static_assert((X2AVIC_MAX_PHYSICAL_ID & AVIC_PHYSICAL_MAX_INDEX_MASK) == X2AVIC_
 #define SVM_SEV_FEAT_ALTERNATE_INJECTION		BIT(4)
 #define SVM_SEV_FEAT_DEBUG_SWAP				BIT(5)
 
+#define VMCB_ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES_VALID			BIT_ULL(63)
+
 struct vmcb_seg {
 	u16 selector;
 	u16 attrib;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 0bc708ee2788..f9ec139901ef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -4449,6 +4449,7 @@ void sev_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 
 static void sev_es_init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 {
+	struct kvm_sev_info *sev = to_kvm_sev_info(svm->vcpu.kvm);
 	struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb01.ptr;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
 
@@ -4464,6 +4465,10 @@ static void sev_es_init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	if (svm->sev_es.vmsa && !svm->sev_es.snp_has_guest_vmsa)
 		svm->vmcb->control.vmsa_pa = __pa(svm->sev_es.vmsa);
 
+	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES))
+		svm->vmcb->control.allowed_sev_features = sev->vmsa_features |
+							  VMCB_ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES_VALID;
+
 	/* Can't intercept CR register access, HV can't modify CR registers */
 	svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR0_READ);
 	svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR4_READ);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 8abeab91d329..bff6e9c34586 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -3435,6 +3435,8 @@ static void dump_vmcb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "avic_logical_id:", control->avic_logical_id);
 	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "avic_physical_id:", control->avic_physical_id);
 	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "vmsa_pa:", control->vmsa_pa);
+	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "allowed_sev_features:", control->allowed_sev_features);
+	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "guest_sev_features:", control->guest_sev_features);
 	pr_err("VMCB State Save Area:\n");
 	pr_err("%-5s s: %04x a: %04x l: %08x b: %016llx\n",
 	       "es:",
-- 
2.43.0
Re: [PATCH v5 2/2] KVM: SEV: Configure "ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES" VMCB Field
Posted by Tom Lendacky 11 months ago 
On 3/10/25 15:16, Kim Phillips wrote:
> AMD EPYC 5th generation processors have introduced a feature that allows
> the hypervisor to control the SEV_FEATURES that are set for, or by, a
> guest [1].  ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES can be used by the hypervisor to enforce
> that SEV-ES and SEV-SNP guests cannot enable features that the
> hypervisor does not want to be enabled.
> 
> Always enable ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES.  A VMRUN will fail if any
> non-reserved bits are 1 in SEV_FEATURES but are 0 in
> ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES.
> 
> Some SEV_FEATURES - currently PmcVirtualization and SecureAvic
> (see Appendix B, Table B-4) - require an opt-in via ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES,
> i.e. are off-by-default, whereas all other features are effectively
> on-by-default, but still honor ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES.
> 
> [1] Section 15.36.20 "Allowed SEV Features", AMD64 Architecture
>     Programmer's Manual, Pub. 24593 Rev. 3.42 - March 2024:
>     https://bugzilla.kernel.org/attachment.cgi?id=306250
> 
> Co-developed-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kvijayab@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kvijayab@amd.com>
> Reviewed-by: Pankaj Gupta <pankaj.gupta@amd.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kim Phillips <kim.phillips@amd.com>

Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>

> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h | 7 ++++++-
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c     | 5 +++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c     | 2 ++
>  3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
> index 9b7fa99ae951..b382fd251e5b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
> @@ -159,7 +159,10 @@ struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) vmcb_control_area {
>  	u64 avic_physical_id;	/* Offset 0xf8 */
>  	u8 reserved_7[8];
>  	u64 vmsa_pa;		/* Used for an SEV-ES guest */
> -	u8 reserved_8[720];
> +	u8 reserved_8[40];
> +	u64 allowed_sev_features;	/* Offset 0x138 */
> +	u64 guest_sev_features;		/* Offset 0x140 */
> +	u8 reserved_9[664];
>  	/*
>  	 * Offset 0x3e0, 32 bytes reserved
>  	 * for use by hypervisor/software.
> @@ -291,6 +294,8 @@ static_assert((X2AVIC_MAX_PHYSICAL_ID & AVIC_PHYSICAL_MAX_INDEX_MASK) == X2AVIC_
>  #define SVM_SEV_FEAT_ALTERNATE_INJECTION		BIT(4)
>  #define SVM_SEV_FEAT_DEBUG_SWAP				BIT(5)
>  
> +#define VMCB_ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES_VALID			BIT_ULL(63)
> +
>  struct vmcb_seg {
>  	u16 selector;
>  	u16 attrib;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> index 0bc708ee2788..f9ec139901ef 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> @@ -4449,6 +4449,7 @@ void sev_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>  
>  static void sev_es_init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>  {
> +	struct kvm_sev_info *sev = to_kvm_sev_info(svm->vcpu.kvm);
>  	struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb01.ptr;
>  	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
>  
> @@ -4464,6 +4465,10 @@ static void sev_es_init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>  	if (svm->sev_es.vmsa && !svm->sev_es.snp_has_guest_vmsa)
>  		svm->vmcb->control.vmsa_pa = __pa(svm->sev_es.vmsa);
>  
> +	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES))
> +		svm->vmcb->control.allowed_sev_features = sev->vmsa_features |
> +							  VMCB_ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES_VALID;
> +
>  	/* Can't intercept CR register access, HV can't modify CR registers */
>  	svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR0_READ);
>  	svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR4_READ);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index 8abeab91d329..bff6e9c34586 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -3435,6 +3435,8 @@ static void dump_vmcb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "avic_logical_id:", control->avic_logical_id);
>  	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "avic_physical_id:", control->avic_physical_id);
>  	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "vmsa_pa:", control->vmsa_pa);
> +	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "allowed_sev_features:", control->allowed_sev_features);
> +	pr_err("%-20s%016llx\n", "guest_sev_features:", control->guest_sev_features);
>  	pr_err("VMCB State Save Area:\n");
>  	pr_err("%-5s s: %04x a: %04x l: %08x b: %016llx\n",
>  	       "es:",

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