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Commit 2985afbc authored by Tom Lendacky's avatar Tom Lendacky Committed by Paolo Bonzini
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KVM: SVM: Add support for EFER write traps for an SEV-ES guest



For SEV-ES guests, the interception of EFER write access is not
recommended. EFER interception occurs prior to EFER being modified and
the hypervisor is unable to modify EFER itself because the register is
located in the encrypted register state.

SEV-ES support introduces a new EFER write trap. This trap provides
intercept support of an EFER write after it has been modified. The new
EFER value is provided in the VMCB EXITINFO1 field, allowing the
hypervisor to track the setting of the guest EFER.

Add support to track the value of the guest EFER value using the EFER
write trap so that the hypervisor understands the guest operating mode.

Signed-off-by: default avatarTom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Message-Id: <8993149352a3a87cd0625b3b61bfd31ab28977e1.1607620209.git.thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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