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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
index 08cc1568d8af..4e22ffd73516 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/startup/sev-shared.c
@@ -458,6 +458,13 @@ void do_vc_no_ghcb(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exit_code)
leaf.fn = fn;
leaf.subfn = subfn;
+ /*
+ * If SNP is active, then snp_cpuid() uses the CPUID table to obtain the
+ * CPUID values (with possible HV interaction during post-processing of
+ * the values). But if SNP is not active (no CPUID table present), then
+ * snp_cpuid() returns -EOPNOTSUPP so that an SEV-ES guest can call the
+ * HV to obtain the CPUID information.
+ */
ret = snp_cpuid(snp_cpuid_hv_msr, NULL, &leaf);
if (!ret)
goto cpuid_done;
@@ -465,6 +472,10 @@ void do_vc_no_ghcb(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long exit_code)
if (ret != -EOPNOTSUPP)
goto fail;
+ /*
+ * This is reached by a SEV-ES guest and needs to invoke the HV for
+ * the CPUID data.
+ */
if (__sev_cpuid_hv_msr(&leaf))
goto fail;