linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] KVM: Introduce KVM_EXIT_SNP_REQ

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Message-ID: <aXOtOVrr2SpnGDEg@google.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:17:45 -0800
From: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
To: Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>
Cc: kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, pbonzini@...hat.com, jroedel@...e.de, 
	thomas.lendacky@....com, liam.merwick@...cle.com, huibo.wang@....com, 
	Dionna Glaze <dionnaglaze@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/2] KVM: Introduce KVM_EXIT_SNP_REQ_CERTS for SNP certificate-fetching

On Fri, Jan 09, 2026, Michael Roth wrote:
> +KVM_EXIT_SNP_REQ_CERTS indicates an SEV-SNP guest with certificate-fetching
> +enabled (see KVM_SEV_SNP_ENABLE_REQ_CERTS) has generated an Extended Guest
> +Request NAE #VMGEXIT (SNP_GUEST_REQUEST) with message type MSG_REPORT_REQ,
> +i.e. has requested an attestation report from firmware, and would like the
> +certificate data corresponding the attestation report signature to be
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I'll fixup when applying.  Thanks for the *fantastic* documentation!