[AMD Official Use Only - General] >> 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(). >And as I suggested in v5[*], bury the microarchitectural struct in sev.c so that nothing outside of the few bits of SNP code that absolutely need to know the layout of the struct should even be aware that there's a struct overlay for RMP entries. Yes, that's a nice way to hide it from the rest of the kernel which does not require access to this structure anyway, in essence, it becomes a private structure. Thanks, Ashish >[*] https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flore.kernel.org%2Fall%2FYPCAZaROOHNskGlO%40google.com&data=05%7C01%7CAshish.Kalra%40amd.com%7Ce210ec383f654556348c08da5568ca81%>7C3dd8961fe4884e608e11a82d994e183d%7C0%7C0%7C637916205851843411%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=6TOpchjhgFg%>2F5JTa%2FqSviiTuehNoZgvTVBuZv6JxsXc%3D&reserved=0
