[svsm-devel] [PATCH v5 04/13] x86/sev: Perform PVALIDATE using the SVSM when not at VMPL0

Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky at amd.com
Mon Jun 17 19:50:27 CEST 2024


On 6/5/24 10:18, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> The PVALIDATE instruction can only be performed at VMPL0. An SVSM will
> be present when running at VMPL1 or a lower privilege level.
> 
> When an SVSM is present, use the SVSM_CORE_PVALIDATE call to perform
> memory validation instead of issuing the PVALIDATE instruction directly.
> 
> The validation of a single 4K page is now explicitly identified as such
> in the function name, pvalidate_4k_page(). The pvalidate_pages() function
> is used for validating 1 or more pages at either 4K or 2M in size. Each
> function, however, determines whether it can issue the PVALIDATE directly
> or whether the SVSM needs to be invoked.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky at amd.com>
> ---
>   arch/x86/boot/compressed/sev.c |  45 +++++-
>   arch/x86/include/asm/sev.h     |  26 ++++
>   arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c   | 250 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>   arch/x86/kernel/sev.c          |  30 ++--
>   4 files changed, 325 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

Small fix on top of this patch for SVSM PVALIDATE support.

Thanks,
Tom

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
index b889be32ef9c..7933c1203b63 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
@@ -1360,15 +1360,12 @@ static u64 svsm_build_ca_from_pfn_range(u64 pfn, u64 pfn_end, bool action,
  	return pfn;
  }
  
-static void svsm_build_ca_from_psc_desc(struct snp_psc_desc *desc,
-					struct svsm_pvalidate_call *pc)
+static int svsm_build_ca_from_psc_desc(struct snp_psc_desc *desc, unsigned int desc_entry,
+				       struct svsm_pvalidate_call *pc)
  {
  	struct svsm_pvalidate_entry *pe;
-	unsigned int desc_entry;
  	struct psc_entry *e;
  
-	desc_entry = desc->hdr.cur_entry;
-
  	/* Nothing in the CA yet */
  	pc->num_entries = 0;
  	pc->cur_index   = 0;
@@ -1391,7 +1388,7 @@ static void svsm_build_ca_from_psc_desc(struct snp_psc_desc *desc,
  			break;
  	}
  
-	desc->hdr.cur_entry = desc_entry;
+	return desc_entry;
  }
  
  static void svsm_pval_pages(struct snp_psc_desc *desc)
@@ -1427,8 +1424,8 @@ static void svsm_pval_pages(struct snp_psc_desc *desc)
  	call.rax = SVSM_CORE_CALL(SVSM_CORE_PVALIDATE);
  	call.rcx = pc_pa;
  
-	while (desc->hdr.cur_entry <= desc->hdr.end_entry) {
-		svsm_build_ca_from_psc_desc(desc, pc);
+	for (i = 0; i <= desc->hdr.end_entry;) {
+		i = svsm_build_ca_from_psc_desc(desc, i, pc);
  
  		do {
  			ret = svsm_perform_call_protocol(&call);

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