linux-kernel - [Part1 PATCH v4 04/17] x86/realmode: Don't decrypt trampoline area under SEV

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Date:   Sat, 16 Sep 2017 07:34:05 -0500
From:   Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Subject: [Part1 PATCH v4 04/17] x86/realmode: Don't decrypt trampoline area under SEV

From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>

When SEV is active the trampoline area will need to be in encrypted
memory so only mark the area decrypted if SME is active.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: Laura Abbott <labbott@...hat.com>
Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
---
 arch/x86/realmode/init.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
index 1f71980fc5e0..d03125c2b73b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ static void __init setup_real_mode(void)
 	/*
 	 * If SME is active, the trampoline area will need to be in
 	 * decrypted memory in order to bring up other processors
-	 * successfully.
+	 * successfully. This is not needed for SEV.
 	 */
-	set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)base, size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+	if (sme_active())
+		set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)base, size >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 
 	memcpy(base, real_mode_blob, size);
 
-- 
2.9.5