Re: [PATCH v5 2/6] sev/i386: Require in-kernel irqchip support for SEV-ES guests

[Dr. David Alan Gilbert]

* Tom Lendacky (thomas.lendacky@amd.com) wrote:
> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> 
> In prep for AP booting, require the use of in-kernel irqchip support. This
> lessens the Qemu support burden required to boot APs.
> 
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
> Cc: Eduardo Habkost <ehabkost@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>

Reviewed-by: Dr. David Alan Gilbert <dgilbert@redhat.com>

(I'm failing to fidn a definition of irqchip_required vs allowed)

> ---
>  target/i386/sev.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/target/i386/sev.c b/target/i386/sev.c
> index fce2128c07..ddec7ebaa7 100644
> --- a/target/i386/sev.c
> +++ b/target/i386/sev.c
> @@ -776,6 +776,12 @@ sev_guest_init(const char *id)
>      sev->api_minor = status.api_minor;
>  
>      if (sev_es_enabled()) {
> +        if (!kvm_kernel_irqchip_allowed()) {
> +            error_report("%s: SEV-ES guests require in-kernel irqchip 
> support",
> +                         __func__);
> +            goto err;
> +        }
> +
>          if (!(status.flags & SEV_STATUS_FLAGS_CONFIG_ES)) {
>              error_report("%s: guest policy requires SEV-ES, but "
>                           "host SEV-ES support unavailable",
> -- 
> 2.30.0
> 
-- 
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK