linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v2 02/17] x86/cpufeatures: Add Secure AVIC CPU feature

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Message-ID: <20250923050317.205482-3-Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 10:33:02 +0530
From: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@....com>
To: <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <seanjc@...gle.com>, <pbonzini@...hat.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <Thomas.Lendacky@....com>,
	<nikunj@....com>, <Santosh.Shukla@....com>, <Vasant.Hegde@....com>,
	<Suravee.Suthikulpanit@....com>, <bp@...en8.de>, <David.Kaplan@....com>,
	<huibo.wang@....com>, <naveen.rao@....com>, <tiala@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v2 02/17] x86/cpufeatures: Add Secure AVIC CPU feature

Add CPU feature detection for Secure AVIC. The Secure AVIC feature
provides hardware acceleration for performance sensitive APIC accesses
and support for managing guest-owned APIC state for the SEV-SNP guests.

Signed-off-by: Kishon Vijay Abraham I <kvijayab@....com>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@....com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
index 06fc0479a23f..d855825b1b9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cpufeatures.h
@@ -449,6 +449,7 @@
 #define X86_FEATURE_DEBUG_SWAP		(19*32+14) /* "debug_swap" SEV-ES full debug state swap support */
 #define X86_FEATURE_RMPREAD		(19*32+21) /* RMPREAD instruction */
 #define X86_FEATURE_SEGMENTED_RMP	(19*32+23) /* Segmented RMP support */
+#define X86_FEATURE_SECURE_AVIC		(19*32+26) /* Secure AVIC */
 #define X86_FEATURE_ALLOWED_SEV_FEATURES (19*32+27) /* Allowed SEV Features */
 #define X86_FEATURE_SVSM		(19*32+28) /* "svsm" SVSM present */
 #define X86_FEATURE_HV_INUSE_WR_ALLOWED	(19*32+30) /* Allow Write to in-use hypervisor-owned pages */
-- 
2.34.1