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-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst31
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/fw-pseudo-registers.rst138
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hypercalls.rst180
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst38
-rw-r--r--Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst59
6 files changed, 289 insertions, 158 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
index 0b5a33ee71..eec8df1dde 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
@@ -1403,6 +1403,12 @@ Instead, an abort (data abort if the cause of the page-table update
was a load or a store, instruction abort if it was an instruction
fetch) is injected in the guest.
+S390:
+^^^^^
+
+Returns -EINVAL if the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL flag set.
+Returns -EINVAL if called on a protected VM.
+
4.36 KVM_SET_TSS_ADDR
---------------------
@@ -4300,7 +4306,7 @@ operating system that uses the PIT for timing (e.g. Linux 2.4.x).
4.100 KVM_PPC_CONFIGURE_V3_MMU
------------------------------
-:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU or KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX or KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_HASH_V3
:Architectures: ppc
:Type: vm ioctl
:Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_mmuv3_cfg (in)
@@ -4334,7 +4340,7 @@ the Power ISA V3.00, Book III section 5.7.6.1.
4.101 KVM_PPC_GET_RMMU_INFO
---------------------------
-:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU
+:Capability: KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX
:Architectures: ppc
:Type: vm ioctl
:Parameters: struct kvm_ppc_rmmu_info (out)
@@ -6273,6 +6279,12 @@ state. At VM creation time, all memory is shared, i.e. the PRIVATE attribute
is '0' for all gfns. Userspace can control whether memory is shared/private by
toggling KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE via KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES as needed.
+S390:
+^^^^^
+
+Returns -EINVAL if the VM has the KVM_VM_S390_UCONTROL flag set.
+Returns -EINVAL if called on a protected VM.
+
4.141 KVM_SET_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
-------------------------------
@@ -6316,7 +6328,7 @@ The "flags" field is reserved for future extensions and must be '0'.
:Architectures: none
:Type: vm ioctl
:Parameters: struct kvm_create_guest_memfd(in)
-:Returns: 0 on success, <0 on error
+:Returns: A file descriptor on success, <0 on error
KVM_CREATE_GUEST_MEMFD creates an anonymous file and returns a file descriptor
that refers to it. guest_memfd files are roughly analogous to files created
@@ -6894,6 +6906,13 @@ Note that KVM does not skip the faulting instruction as it does for
KVM_EXIT_MMIO, but userspace has to emulate any change to the processing state
if it decides to decode and emulate the instruction.
+This feature isn't available to protected VMs, as userspace does not
+have access to the state that is required to perform the emulation.
+Instead, a data abort exception is directly injected in the guest.
+Note that although KVM_CAP_ARM_NISV_TO_USER will be reported if
+queried outside of a protected VM context, the feature will not be
+exposed if queried on a protected VM file descriptor.
+
::
/* KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR / KVM_EXIT_X86_WRMSR */
@@ -8095,7 +8114,7 @@ capability via KVM_ENABLE_CAP ioctl on the vcpu fd. Note that this
will disable the use of APIC hardware virtualization even if supported
by the CPU, as it's incompatible with SynIC auto-EOI behavior.
-8.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_RADIX_MMU
+8.3 KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_RADIX
-------------------------
:Architectures: ppc
@@ -8105,7 +8124,7 @@ available, means that the kernel can support guests using the
radix MMU defined in Power ISA V3.00 (as implemented in the POWER9
processor).
-8.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_HASH_MMU_V3
+8.4 KVM_CAP_PPC_MMU_HASH_V3
---------------------------
:Architectures: ppc
@@ -8819,6 +8838,8 @@ means the VM type with value @n is supported. Possible values of @n are::
#define KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM 0
#define KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM 1
+ #define KVM_X86_SEV_VM 2
+ #define KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM 3
Note, KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM is currently only for development and testing.
Do not use KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM for "real" VMs, and especially not in
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/fw-pseudo-registers.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/fw-pseudo-registers.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b90fd0b0fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/fw-pseudo-registers.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=======================================
+ARM firmware pseudo-registers interface
+=======================================
+
+KVM handles the hypercall services as requested by the guests. New hypercall
+services are regularly made available by the ARM specification or by KVM (as
+vendor services) if they make sense from a virtualization point of view.
+
+This means that a guest booted on two different versions of KVM can observe
+two different "firmware" revisions. This could cause issues if a given guest
+is tied to a particular version of a hypercall service, or if a migration
+causes a different version to be exposed out of the blue to an unsuspecting
+guest.
+
+In order to remedy this situation, KVM exposes a set of "firmware
+pseudo-registers" that can be manipulated using the GET/SET_ONE_REG
+interface. These registers can be saved/restored by userspace, and set
+to a convenient value as required.
+
+The following registers are defined:
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_PSCI_VERSION:
+
+ KVM implements the PSCI (Power State Coordination Interface)
+ specification in order to provide services such as CPU on/off, reset
+ and power-off to the guest.
+
+ - Only valid if the vcpu has the KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2 feature set
+ (and thus has already been initialized)
+ - Returns the current PSCI version on GET_ONE_REG (defaulting to the
+ highest PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with v0.2)
+ - Allows any PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with
+ v0.2 to be set with SET_ONE_REG
+ - Affects the whole VM (even if the register view is per-vcpu)
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1:
+ Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2017-5715, as
+ offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
+ under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 in [1].
+
+ Accepted values are:
+
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_AVAIL:
+ KVM does not offer
+ firmware support for the workaround. The mitigation status for the
+ guest is unknown.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_AVAIL:
+ The workaround HVC call is
+ available to the guest and required for the mitigation.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_REQUIRED:
+ The workaround HVC call
+ is available to the guest, but it is not needed on this VCPU.
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2:
+ Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2018-3639, as
+ offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
+ under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2 in [1]_.
+
+ Accepted values are:
+
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_AVAIL:
+ A workaround is not
+ available. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_UNKNOWN:
+ The workaround state is
+ unknown. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_AVAIL:
+ The workaround is available,
+ and can be disabled by a vCPU. If
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_ENABLED is set, it is active for
+ this vCPU.
+ KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_REQUIRED:
+ The workaround is always active on this vCPU or it is not needed.
+
+
+Bitmap Feature Firmware Registers
+---------------------------------
+
+Contrary to the above registers, the following registers exposes the
+hypercall services in the form of a feature-bitmap to the userspace. This
+bitmap is translated to the services that are available to the guest.
+There is a register defined per service call owner and can be accessed via
+GET/SET_ONE_REG interface.
+
+By default, these registers are set with the upper limit of the features
+that are supported. This way userspace can discover all the usable
+hypercall services via GET_ONE_REG. The user-space can write-back the
+desired bitmap back via SET_ONE_REG. The features for the registers that
+are untouched, probably because userspace isn't aware of them, will be
+exposed as is to the guest.
+
+Note that KVM will not allow the userspace to configure the registers
+anymore once any of the vCPUs has run at least once. Instead, it will
+return a -EBUSY.
+
+The pseudo-firmware bitmap register are as follows:
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_STD_BMAP:
+ Controls the bitmap of the ARM Standard Secure Service Calls.
+
+ The following bits are accepted:
+
+ Bit-0: KVM_REG_ARM_STD_BIT_TRNG_V1_0:
+ The bit represents the services offered under v1.0 of ARM True Random
+ Number Generator (TRNG) specification, ARM DEN0098.
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_STD_HYP_BMAP:
+ Controls the bitmap of the ARM Standard Hypervisor Service Calls.
+
+ The following bits are accepted:
+
+ Bit-0: KVM_REG_ARM_STD_HYP_BIT_PV_TIME:
+ The bit represents the Paravirtualized Time service as represented by
+ ARM DEN0057A.
+
+* KVM_REG_ARM_VENDOR_HYP_BMAP:
+ Controls the bitmap of the Vendor specific Hypervisor Service Calls.
+
+ The following bits are accepted:
+
+ Bit-0: KVM_REG_ARM_VENDOR_HYP_BIT_FUNC_FEAT
+ The bit represents the ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_FEATURES_FUNC_ID
+ and ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_CALL_UID_FUNC_ID function-ids.
+
+ Bit-1: KVM_REG_ARM_VENDOR_HYP_BIT_PTP:
+ The bit represents the Precision Time Protocol KVM service.
+
+Errors:
+
+ ======= =============================================================
+ -ENOENT Unknown register accessed.
+ -EBUSY Attempt a 'write' to the register after the VM has started.
+ -EINVAL Invalid bitmap written to the register.
+ ======= =============================================================
+
+.. [1] https://developer.arm.com/-/media/developer/pdf/ARM_DEN_0070A_Firmware_interfaces_for_mitigating_CVE-2017-5715.pdf
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hypercalls.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hypercalls.rst
index 3e23084644..17be111f49 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hypercalls.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/hypercalls.rst
@@ -1,138 +1,46 @@
.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-=======================
-ARM Hypercall Interface
-=======================
-
-KVM handles the hypercall services as requested by the guests. New hypercall
-services are regularly made available by the ARM specification or by KVM (as
-vendor services) if they make sense from a virtualization point of view.
-
-This means that a guest booted on two different versions of KVM can observe
-two different "firmware" revisions. This could cause issues if a given guest
-is tied to a particular version of a hypercall service, or if a migration
-causes a different version to be exposed out of the blue to an unsuspecting
-guest.
-
-In order to remedy this situation, KVM exposes a set of "firmware
-pseudo-registers" that can be manipulated using the GET/SET_ONE_REG
-interface. These registers can be saved/restored by userspace, and set
-to a convenient value as required.
-
-The following registers are defined:
-
-* KVM_REG_ARM_PSCI_VERSION:
-
- KVM implements the PSCI (Power State Coordination Interface)
- specification in order to provide services such as CPU on/off, reset
- and power-off to the guest.
-
- - Only valid if the vcpu has the KVM_ARM_VCPU_PSCI_0_2 feature set
- (and thus has already been initialized)
- - Returns the current PSCI version on GET_ONE_REG (defaulting to the
- highest PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with v0.2)
- - Allows any PSCI version implemented by KVM and compatible with
- v0.2 to be set with SET_ONE_REG
- - Affects the whole VM (even if the register view is per-vcpu)
-
-* KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1:
- Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2017-5715, as
- offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
- under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1 in [1].
-
- Accepted values are:
-
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_AVAIL:
- KVM does not offer
- firmware support for the workaround. The mitigation status for the
- guest is unknown.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_AVAIL:
- The workaround HVC call is
- available to the guest and required for the mitigation.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_1_NOT_REQUIRED:
- The workaround HVC call
- is available to the guest, but it is not needed on this VCPU.
-
-* KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2:
- Holds the state of the firmware support to mitigate CVE-2018-3639, as
- offered by KVM to the guest via a HVC call. The workaround is described
- under SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2 in [1]_.
-
- Accepted values are:
-
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_AVAIL:
- A workaround is not
- available. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_UNKNOWN:
- The workaround state is
- unknown. KVM does not offer firmware support for the workaround.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_AVAIL:
- The workaround is available,
- and can be disabled by a vCPU. If
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_ENABLED is set, it is active for
- this vCPU.
- KVM_REG_ARM_SMCCC_ARCH_WORKAROUND_2_NOT_REQUIRED:
- The workaround is always active on this vCPU or it is not needed.
-
-
-Bitmap Feature Firmware Registers
----------------------------------
-
-Contrary to the above registers, the following registers exposes the
-hypercall services in the form of a feature-bitmap to the userspace. This
-bitmap is translated to the services that are available to the guest.
-There is a register defined per service call owner and can be accessed via
-GET/SET_ONE_REG interface.
-
-By default, these registers are set with the upper limit of the features
-that are supported. This way userspace can discover all the usable
-hypercall services via GET_ONE_REG. The user-space can write-back the
-desired bitmap back via SET_ONE_REG. The features for the registers that
-are untouched, probably because userspace isn't aware of them, will be
-exposed as is to the guest.
-
-Note that KVM will not allow the userspace to configure the registers
-anymore once any of the vCPUs has run at least once. Instead, it will
-return a -EBUSY.
-
-The pseudo-firmware bitmap register are as follows:
-
-* KVM_REG_ARM_STD_BMAP:
- Controls the bitmap of the ARM Standard Secure Service Calls.
-
- The following bits are accepted:
-
- Bit-0: KVM_REG_ARM_STD_BIT_TRNG_V1_0:
- The bit represents the services offered under v1.0 of ARM True Random
- Number Generator (TRNG) specification, ARM DEN0098.
-
-* KVM_REG_ARM_STD_HYP_BMAP:
- Controls the bitmap of the ARM Standard Hypervisor Service Calls.
-
- The following bits are accepted:
-
- Bit-0: KVM_REG_ARM_STD_HYP_BIT_PV_TIME:
- The bit represents the Paravirtualized Time service as represented by
- ARM DEN0057A.
-
-* KVM_REG_ARM_VENDOR_HYP_BMAP:
- Controls the bitmap of the Vendor specific Hypervisor Service Calls.
-
- The following bits are accepted:
-
- Bit-0: KVM_REG_ARM_VENDOR_HYP_BIT_FUNC_FEAT
- The bit represents the ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_FEATURES_FUNC_ID
- and ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_CALL_UID_FUNC_ID function-ids.
-
- Bit-1: KVM_REG_ARM_VENDOR_HYP_BIT_PTP:
- The bit represents the Precision Time Protocol KVM service.
-
-Errors:
-
- ======= =============================================================
- -ENOENT Unknown register accessed.
- -EBUSY Attempt a 'write' to the register after the VM has started.
- -EINVAL Invalid bitmap written to the register.
- ======= =============================================================
-
-.. [1] https://developer.arm.com/-/media/developer/pdf/ARM_DEN_0070A_Firmware_interfaces_for_mitigating_CVE-2017-5715.pdf
+===============================================
+KVM/arm64-specific hypercalls exposed to guests
+===============================================
+
+This file documents the KVM/arm64-specific hypercalls which may be
+exposed by KVM/arm64 to guest operating systems. These hypercalls are
+issued using the HVC instruction according to version 1.1 of the Arm SMC
+Calling Convention (DEN0028/C):
+
+https://developer.arm.com/docs/den0028/c
+
+All KVM/arm64-specific hypercalls are allocated within the "Vendor
+Specific Hypervisor Service Call" range with a UID of
+``28b46fb6-2ec5-11e9-a9ca-4b564d003a74``. This UID should be queried by the
+guest using the standard "Call UID" function for the service range in
+order to determine that the KVM/arm64-specific hypercalls are available.
+
+``ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_FEATURES_FUNC_ID``
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Provides a discovery mechanism for other KVM/arm64 hypercalls.
+
++---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Presence: | Mandatory for the KVM/arm64 UID |
++---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------+
+| Calling convention: | HVC32 |
++---------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Function ID: | (uint32) | 0x86000000 |
++---------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------------+
+| Arguments: | None |
++---------------------+----------+----+---------------------------------------------+
+| Return Values: | (uint32) | R0 | Bitmap of available function numbers 0-31 |
+| +----------+----+---------------------------------------------+
+| | (uint32) | R1 | Bitmap of available function numbers 32-63 |
+| +----------+----+---------------------------------------------+
+| | (uint32) | R2 | Bitmap of available function numbers 64-95 |
+| +----------+----+---------------------------------------------+
+| | (uint32) | R3 | Bitmap of available function numbers 96-127 |
++---------------------+----------+----+---------------------------------------------+
+
+``ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID``
+----------------------------------------
+
+See ptp_kvm.rst
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
index 7f231c724e..ec09881de4 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/index.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ARM
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
+ fw-pseudo-registers
hyp-abi
hypercalls
pvtime
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst
index aecdc80ddc..7c0960970a 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/arm/ptp_kvm.rst
@@ -7,19 +7,29 @@ PTP_KVM is used for high precision time sync between host and guests.
It relies on transferring the wall clock and counter value from the
host to the guest using a KVM-specific hypercall.
-* ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID: 0x86000001
+``ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID``
+----------------------------------------
-This hypercall uses the SMC32/HVC32 calling convention:
+Retrieve current time information for the specific counter. There are no
+endianness restrictions.
-ARM_SMCCC_VENDOR_HYP_KVM_PTP_FUNC_ID
- ============== ======== =====================================
- Function ID: (uint32) 0x86000001
- Arguments: (uint32) KVM_PTP_VIRT_COUNTER(0)
- KVM_PTP_PHYS_COUNTER(1)
- Return Values: (int32) NOT_SUPPORTED(-1) on error, or
- (uint32) Upper 32 bits of wall clock time (r0)
- (uint32) Lower 32 bits of wall clock time (r1)
- (uint32) Upper 32 bits of counter (r2)
- (uint32) Lower 32 bits of counter (r3)
- Endianness: No Restrictions.
- ============== ======== =====================================
++---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+| Presence: | Optional |
++---------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+
+| Calling convention: | HVC32 |
++---------------------+----------+--------------------------------------------+
+| Function ID: | (uint32) | 0x86000001 |
++---------------------+----------+----+---------------------------------------+
+| Arguments: | (uint32) | R1 | ``KVM_PTP_VIRT_COUNTER (0)`` |
+| | | +---------------------------------------+
+| | | | ``KVM_PTP_PHYS_COUNTER (1)`` |
++---------------------+----------+----+---------------------------------------+
+| Return Values: | (int32) | R0 | ``NOT_SUPPORTED (-1)`` on error, else |
+| | | | upper 32 bits of wall clock time |
+| +----------+----+---------------------------------------+
+| | (uint32) | R1 | Lower 32 bits of wall clock time |
+| +----------+----+---------------------------------------+
+| | (uint32) | R2 | Upper 32 bits of counter |
+| +----------+----+---------------------------------------+
+| | (uint32) | R3 | Lower 32 bits of counter |
++---------------------+----------+----+---------------------------------------+
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
index 84335d119f..9677a0714a 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
@@ -76,15 +76,56 @@ are defined in ``<linux/psp-dev.h>``.
KVM implements the following commands to support common lifecycle events of SEV
guests, such as launching, running, snapshotting, migrating and decommissioning.
-1. KVM_SEV_INIT
----------------
+1. KVM_SEV_INIT2
+----------------
-The KVM_SEV_INIT command is used by the hypervisor to initialize the SEV platform
+The KVM_SEV_INIT2 command is used by the hypervisor to initialize the SEV platform
context. In a typical workflow, this command should be the first command issued.
+For this command to be accepted, either KVM_X86_SEV_VM or KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM
+must have been passed to the KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl. A virtual machine created
+with those machine types in turn cannot be run until KVM_SEV_INIT2 is invoked.
+
+Parameters: struct kvm_sev_init (in)
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 */
+ __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).
+
+They behave as if:
+
+* the VM type is KVM_X86_SEV_VM for KVM_SEV_INIT, or KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM for
+ KVM_SEV_ES_INIT
+
+* the ``flags`` and ``vmsa_features`` fields of ``struct kvm_sev_init`` are
+ 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
+might set the debug swap VMSA feature (bit 5) depending on the value of the
+``debug_swap`` parameter of ``kvm-amd.ko``.
+
2. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_START
-----------------------
@@ -425,6 +466,18 @@ issued by the hypervisor to make the guest ready for execution.
Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
+Device attribute API
+====================
+
+Attributes of the SEV implementation can be retrieved through the
+``KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR`` and ``KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR`` ioctls on the ``/dev/kvm``
+device node, using group ``KVM_X86_GRP_SEV``.
+
+Currently only one attribute is implemented:
+
+* ``KVM_X86_SEV_VMSA_FEATURES``: return the set of all bits that
+ are accepted in the ``vmsa_features`` of ``KVM_SEV_INIT2``.
+
Firmware Management
===================