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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Add KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN metadata for SEV-ES
On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 11:08 AM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/21/22 16:42, Peter Gonda wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 21, 2022 at 9:27 AM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 3/21/22 16:02, Peter Gonda wrote:
> >>> SEV-ES guests can request termination using the GHCB's MSR protocol. See
> >>> AMD's GHCB spec section '4.1.13 Termination Request'. Currently when a
> >>> guest does this the userspace VMM sees an KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN (-EVINAL)
> >>> return code from KVM_RUN. By adding a KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN_ENTRY to kvm_run
> >>> struct the userspace VMM can clearly see the guest has requested a SEV-ES
> >>> termination including the termination reason code set and reason code.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Peter Gonda <pgonda@google.com>
> >>> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> >>> Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> >>> Cc: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>
> >>> Cc: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>
> >>> Cc: Marc Orr <marcorr@google.com>
> >>> Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> >>> Cc: kvm@vger.kernel.org
> >>> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> >>
> >> Looks good, but it has to also add a capability.
> >
> > Thanks for the quick review! Just so I understand. I should add
> > KVM_CAP_SEV_TERM or something, then if that has been enabled do the
> > new functionality, else keep the old functionality?
>
> No, much simpler; just something for which KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION returns
> 1, so that userspace knows that there is a "shutdown" member to be
> filled by KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN. e.g. KVM_CAP_EXIT_SHUTDOWN_REASON.

Makes sense, thanks for help. Will do for V2.

>
> Paolo
>

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