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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst index 3381556d596d..9677a0714a39 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -95,13 +95,19 @@ Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error struct kvm_sev_init { __u64 vmsa_features; /* initial value of features field in VMSA */ __u32 flags; /* must be 0 */ - __u32 pad[9]; + __u16 ghcb_version; /* maximum guest GHCB version allowed */ + __u16 pad1; + __u32 pad2[8]; }; It is an error if the hypervisor does not support any of the bits that are set in ``flags`` or ``vmsa_features``. ``vmsa_features`` must be 0 for SEV virtual machines, as they do not have a VMSA. +``ghcb_version`` must be 0 for SEV virtual machines, as they do not issue GHCB +requests. If ``ghcb_version`` is 0 for any other guest type, then the maximum +allowed guest GHCB protocol will default to version 2. + This command replaces the deprecated KVM_SEV_INIT and KVM_SEV_ES_INIT commands. The commands did not have any parameters (the ```data``` field was unused) and only work for the KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM machine type (0). @@ -112,7 +118,8 @@ They behave as if: KVM_SEV_ES_INIT * the ``flags`` and ``vmsa_features`` fields of ``struct kvm_sev_init`` are - set to zero + set to zero, and ``ghcb_version`` is set to 0 for KVM_SEV_INIT and 1 for + KVM_SEV_ES_INIT. If the ``KVM_X86_SEV_VMSA_FEATURES`` attribute does not exist, the hypervisor only supports KVM_SEV_INIT and KVM_SEV_ES_INIT. In that case, note that KVM_SEV_ES_INIT |