On Wed, Aug 02, 2023, Tom Lendacky wrote: > On 8/2/23 10:04, Sean Christopherson wrote: > > Side topic, KVM should require nrips for SEV and beyond, I don't see how SEV can > > possibly work if KVM doesn't utilize nrips. E.g. this > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c > > index 2eace114a934..43e500503d48 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c > > @@ -5111,9 +5111,11 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void) > > svm_adjust_mmio_mask(); > > + nrips = nrips && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NRIPS); > > + > > /* > > * Note, SEV setup consumes npt_enabled and enable_mmio_caching (which > > - * may be modified by svm_adjust_mmio_mask()). > > + * may be modified by svm_adjust_mmio_mask()), as well as nrips. > > */ > > sev_hardware_setup(); > > You moved the setting of nrips up, I'm assuming you then want to add a check > in sev_hardware_setup() for nrips? Doh. I like to think I would have noticed that I forgot to add that check before postinga patch, but I give myself 50/50 odds at best.