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Re: [PATCH v4 02/23] x86/cpu: report SMX, TXT and SKINIT capabilities


  • To: Sergii Dmytruk <sergii.dmytruk@xxxxxxxxx>, xen-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Le 02/08/2026 à 15:14, Sergii Dmytruk a écrit :
From: Michał Żygowski <michal.zygowski@xxxxxxxxx>

Report TXT capabilities so that dom0 can query the Intel TXT or AMD
SKINIT support information using xl dmesg.

Signed-off-by: Michał Żygowski <michal.zygowski@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sergii Dmytruk <sergii.dmytruk@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
     v4: fixed conditions for not reporting capabilities (match correct 
comments)
     v4: define GETSEC_* macros used only by xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c in the 
file itself (to not depend on Slaunch)
     v4: don't postpone restoring state of X86_CR4_SMXE, do it before printing 
test results

  xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c   | 16 +++++++++++++
  xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h   |  1 +
  xen/arch/x86/cpu/hygon.c |  1 +
  xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
  4 files changed, 68 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
index 70783c9a0a..5ea16ad8a8 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/amd.c
@@ -617,6 +617,21 @@ void amd_process_freq(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c,
                *low_mhz = amd_parse_freq(c->family, lo);
  }
+void amd_log_skinit(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
+{
+    /*
+     * Run only on BSP and not during resume to report the capability only 
once.
+     */
+    if ( system_state == SYS_STATE_resume || smp_processor_id() )
+        return;
+
+    printk("CPU: SKINIT capability ");
+    if ( !test_bit(X86_FEATURE_SKINIT, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability) )
+        printk("not supported\n");
+    else
+        printk("supported\n");
+}
+
  void cf_check early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
  {
        if (c == &boot_cpu_data)
@@ -1325,6 +1340,7 @@ static void cf_check init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_XEN_REP_MOVSB);
amd_log_freq(c);
+       amd_log_skinit(c);
  }

On which Xen branch this patch is based ?

early_init_amd() doesn't seem to have amd_log_freq (which is in init_amd instead).

const struct cpu_dev __initconst_cf_clobber amd_cpu_dev = {
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h
index bbede57ab0..17935190b7 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/cpu.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ extern bool detect_extended_topology(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
void cf_check early_init_amd(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
  void amd_log_freq(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
+void amd_log_skinit(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
  void amd_init_de_cfg(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
  void amd_init_lfence_dispatch(void);
  void amd_init_ssbd(const struct cpuinfo_x86 *c);
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/hygon.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/hygon.c
index 7a9fc25d31..608a7c4319 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/hygon.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/hygon.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ static void cf_check init_hygon(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
        }
amd_log_freq(c);
+       amd_log_skinit(c);
  }
const struct cpu_dev __initconst_cf_clobber hygon_cpu_dev = {
diff --git a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
index 90c9d36186..ddb34c0c02 100644
--- a/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
+++ b/xen/arch/x86/cpu/intel.c
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
#include "cpu.h" +/* EAX value for GETSEC leaf functions. Intel SDM: GETSEC[CAPABILITIES] */
+#define GETSEC_CAPABILITIES             0
+/* Intel SDM: GETSEC Capability Result Encoding */
+#define GETSEC_CAP_TXT_CHIPSET          1
+
  /*
   * MSR_MCU_OPT_CTRL is a collection of unrelated functionality, with separate
   * enablement requirements, but which want to be consistent across the system.
@@ -620,6 +625,49 @@ static void init_intel_perf(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
      }
  }
+/*
+ * Print out the SMX and TXT capabilties, so that dom0 can determine if the
+ * system is DRTM-capable.
+ */
+static void intel_log_smx_txt(void)
+{
+    unsigned long cr4_val, getsec_caps;
+
+    /*
+     * Run only on BSP and not during resume to report the capability only 
once.
+     */
+    if ( system_state == SYS_STATE_resume || smp_processor_id() )
+        return;
+
+    printk("CPU: SMX capability ");
+    if ( !test_bit(X86_FEATURE_SMX, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability) )
+    {
+        printk("not supported\n");
+        return;
+    }
+    printk("supported\n");
+
+    /* Can't run GETSEC without VMX and SMX */
+    if ( !test_bit(X86_FEATURE_VMX, &boot_cpu_data.x86_capability) )
+        return;
+
+    cr4_val = read_cr4();
+    if ( !(cr4_val & X86_CR4_SMXE) )
+        write_cr4(cr4_val | X86_CR4_SMXE);
+
+    asm volatile ("getsec\n"
+        : "=a" (getsec_caps)
+        : "a" (GETSEC_CAPABILITIES), "b" (0) :);
+
+    if ( !(cr4_val & X86_CR4_SMXE) )
+        write_cr4(cr4_val & ~X86_CR4_SMXE);
+

That looks wrong, the logic is written as : if SMXE is cleared, you clear SMXE again. Regardless, if we're looking to use TXT later on, wouldn't it be preferable to keep SMXE bit on ? That means we would not only do reporting but "basic" initialization.

+    if ( getsec_caps & GETSEC_CAP_TXT_CHIPSET )
+        printk("Chipset supports TXT\n");
+    else
+        printk("Chipset does not support TXT\n");
+}
+
  static void cf_check init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
  {
        /* Detect the extended topology information if available */
@@ -634,6 +682,8 @@ static void cf_check init_intel(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
                detect_ht(c);
        }
+ intel_log_smx_txt();
+
        /* Work around errata */
        Intel_errata_workarounds(c);

Teddy

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