Provide a "nosnp" kernel command line option to prevent enabling of the RMP and SEV-SNP features in the host/hypervisor. Not initializing the RMP removes system overhead associated with RMP checks. Co-developed-by: Eric Van Tassell <Eric.VanTassell@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Eric Van Tassell <Eric.VanTassell@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pavan Kumar Paluri <papaluri@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx> --- Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst | 3 +++ arch/x86/virt/svm/cmdline.c | 7 +++++++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst index 98d4805f0823..7ae6d882ea52 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/x86_64/boot-options.rst @@ -305,3 +305,6 @@ The available options are: debug Enable debug messages. + + nosnp + Do not enable SEV-SNP (applies to host/hypervisor only). diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/svm/cmdline.c b/arch/x86/virt/svm/cmdline.c index 9640507342e0..313415d6f53f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/virt/svm/cmdline.c +++ b/arch/x86/virt/svm/cmdline.c @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/printk.h> #include <asm/sev-common.h> +#include <asm/cpufeature.h> struct sev_config sev_cfg __read_mostly; @@ -24,6 +25,12 @@ static int __init init_sev_config(char *str) continue; } + if (!strcmp(s, "nosnp")) { + setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_SEV_SNP); + cc_platform_clear(CC_ATTR_HOST_SEV_SNP); + continue; + } + pr_info("SEV command-line option '%s' was not recognized\n", s); } -- 2.34.1