x86/sev-es: Do not unroll string I/O for SEV-ES guests
authorTom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Mon, 1 Feb 2021 18:26:27 +0000 (12:26 -0600)
committerBorislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Tue, 2 Feb 2021 15:25:05 +0000 (16:25 +0100)
Under the GHCB specification, SEV-ES guests can support string I/O.
The current #VC handler contains this support, so remove the need to
unroll kernel string I/O operations. This will reduce the number of #VC
exceptions generated as well as the number VM exits for the guest.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3de04b5b638546ac75d42ba52307fe1a922173d3.1612203987.git.thomas.lendacky@amd.com
arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt.c

index c79e5736ab2b7ebf43182e773c9c35457edcf366..d55ea77e1ca8ddab5c4fba527750b344c8d16611 100644 (file)
@@ -474,9 +474,10 @@ void __init mem_encrypt_init(void)
        swiotlb_update_mem_attributes();
 
        /*
-        * With SEV, we need to unroll the rep string I/O instructions.
+        * With SEV, we need to unroll the rep string I/O instructions,
+        * but SEV-ES supports them through the #VC handler.
         */
-       if (sev_active())
+       if (sev_active() && !sev_es_active())
                static_branch_enable(&sev_enable_key);
 
        print_mem_encrypt_feature_info();