linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 0/2] kvm: sev: Add SNP guest request throttling

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Message-ID: <20250605150236.3775954-1-dionnaglaze@google.com>
Date: Thu,  5 Jun 2025 15:02:34 +0000
From: Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>
To: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6 0/2] kvm: sev: Add SNP guest request throttling

The GHCB specification recommends that SNP guest requests should be
rate limited. Add a kernel module parameter to ensure a system-wide
lower bound rate limit on a per-VM scale for all new VMs. Note that
this does not preclude the addition of a new KVM exit type for SEV-SNP
guest requests for userspace to impose any additional throttling logic.

The AMD-SP is a global resource that must be shared across VMs, so
its time should be multiplexed across VMs fairly. It is the
responsibility of the VMM to ensure all SEV-SNP VMs have a rate limit
set such that the collective set of VMs on the machine have a rate of
access that does not exceed the device's capacity.

The sev-guest device already respects the SNP_GUEST_VMM_ERR_BUSY
result code, so utilize that result to cause the guest to retry after
waiting momentarily.

Changes since v5:
  * Reverted the KVM command for setting the rate limit in favor of
    the module parameter solution. The default is no rate-limiting
    to maintain existing behavior.
Changes since v4:
  * Fixed build failure caused by rebase.
  * Added ratelimit.h include.
  * Added rate bounds checking to stay within ratelimit types.
Changes since v3:
  * Rebased on master, changed module parameter to mem_enc_ioctl
    command. Changed commit descriptions. Much time has passed.
Changes since v2:
  * Rebased on v7, changed "we" wording to passive voice.
Changes since v1:
  * Added missing Ccs to patches.

Dionna Glaze (2):
  kvm: sev: Add SEV-SNP guest request throttling
  kvm: sev: If ccp is busy, report busy to guest

 arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+)

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