[AMD Official Use Only - General] From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 2:50 PM To: Kalra, Ashish <Ashish.Kalra@xxxxxxx>; x86@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-coco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx; linux-crypto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; mingo@xxxxxxxxxx; jroedel@xxxxxxx; Lendacky, Thomas <Thomas.Lendacky@xxxxxxx>; hpa@xxxxxxxxx; ardb@xxxxxxxxxx; pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx; seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx; vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx; jmattson@xxxxxxxxxx; luto@xxxxxxxxxx; dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; slp@xxxxxxxxxx; pgonda@xxxxxxxxxx; peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; srinivas.pandruvada@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx; dovmurik@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; tobin@xxxxxxx; bp@xxxxxxxxx; Roth, Michael <Michael.Roth@xxxxxxx>; vbabka@xxxxxxx; kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; tony.luck@xxxxxxxxx; marcorr@xxxxxxxxxx; sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; alpergun@xxxxxxxxxx; dgilbert@xxxxxxxxxx; jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [PATCH Part2 v6 05/49] x86/sev: Add RMP entry lookup helpers On 6/22/22 12:43, Kalra, Ashish wrote: >>> I think that needs to be fixed. It should be as simple as a >>> model/family check, though. If someone (for example) attempts to use >>> SNP (and thus snp_lookup_rmpentry() and dump_rmpentry()) code on a >>> newer CPU, the kernel should refuse. >> More specifically I am thinking of adding RMP entry field accessors so >> that they can do this cpu model/family check and return the correct >> field as per processor architecture. >That will be helpful down the road when there's more than one format. >But, the real issue is that the kernel doesn't *support* a different RMP format. So, the SNP support should be disabled when encountering a model/family other than the known good one. Yes, that makes sense, will add an additional check in snp_rmptable_init(). Thanks, Ashish
