6.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: Borislav Petkov (AMD) bp@alien8.de
commit 29956748339aa8757a7e2f927a8679dd08f24bb6 upstream.
It was meant well at the time but nothing's using it so get rid of it.
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov (AMD) bp@alien8.de Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel ardb@kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240202163510.GDZb0Zvj8qOndvFOiZ@fat_crate.local Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org --- Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt | 4 +--- Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst | 16 ++++++++-------- arch/x86/Kconfig | 13 ------------- arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c | 11 +---------- 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -3340,9 +3340,7 @@
mem_encrypt= [X86-64] AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) control Valid arguments: on, off - Default (depends on kernel configuration option): - on (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) - off (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=n) + Default: off mem_encrypt=on: Activate SME mem_encrypt=off: Do not activate SME
--- a/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/arch/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -87,14 +87,14 @@ The state of SME in the Linux kernel can kernel is non-zero).
SME can also be enabled and activated in the BIOS. If SME is enabled and -activated in the BIOS, then all memory accesses will be encrypted and it will -not be necessary to activate the Linux memory encryption support. If the BIOS -merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG), then Linux can activate -memory encryption by default (CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT=y) or -by supplying mem_encrypt=on on the kernel command line. However, if BIOS does -not enable SME, then Linux will not be able to activate memory encryption, even -if configured to do so by default or the mem_encrypt=on command line parameter -is specified. +activated in the BIOS, then all memory accesses will be encrypted and it +will not be necessary to activate the Linux memory encryption support. + +If the BIOS merely enables SME (sets bit 23 of the MSR_AMD64_SYSCFG), +then memory encryption can be enabled by supplying mem_encrypt=on on the +kernel command line. However, if BIOS does not enable SME, then Linux +will not be able to activate memory encryption, even if configured to do +so by default or the mem_encrypt=on command line parameter is specified.
Secure Nested Paging (SNP) ========================== --- a/arch/x86/Kconfig +++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig @@ -1539,19 +1539,6 @@ config AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT This requires an AMD processor that supports Secure Memory Encryption (SME).
-config AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT - bool "Activate AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) by default" - depends on AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT - help - Say yes to have system memory encrypted by default if running on - an AMD processor that supports Secure Memory Encryption (SME). - - If set to Y, then the encryption of system memory can be - deactivated with the mem_encrypt=off command line option. - - If set to N, then the encryption of system memory can be - activated with the mem_encrypt=on command line option. - # Common NUMA Features config NUMA bool "NUMA Memory Allocation and Scheduler Support" --- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_identity.c @@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ static char sme_workarea[2 * PMD_SIZE] _
static char sme_cmdline_arg[] __initdata = "mem_encrypt"; static char sme_cmdline_on[] __initdata = "on"; -static char sme_cmdline_off[] __initdata = "off";
static void __init sme_clear_pgd(struct sme_populate_pgd_data *ppd) { @@ -504,7 +503,7 @@ void __init sme_encrypt_kernel(struct bo
void __init sme_enable(struct boot_params *bp) { - const char *cmdline_ptr, *cmdline_arg, *cmdline_on, *cmdline_off; + const char *cmdline_ptr, *cmdline_arg, *cmdline_on; unsigned int eax, ebx, ecx, edx; unsigned long feature_mask; unsigned long me_mask; @@ -587,12 +586,6 @@ void __init sme_enable(struct boot_param asm ("lea sme_cmdline_on(%%rip), %0" : "=r" (cmdline_on) : "p" (sme_cmdline_on)); - asm ("lea sme_cmdline_off(%%rip), %0" - : "=r" (cmdline_off) - : "p" (sme_cmdline_off)); - - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT_ACTIVE_BY_DEFAULT)) - sme_me_mask = me_mask;
cmdline_ptr = (const char *)((u64)bp->hdr.cmd_line_ptr | ((u64)bp->ext_cmd_line_ptr << 32)); @@ -602,8 +595,6 @@ void __init sme_enable(struct boot_param
if (!strncmp(buffer, cmdline_on, sizeof(buffer))) sme_me_mask = me_mask; - else if (!strncmp(buffer, cmdline_off, sizeof(buffer))) - sme_me_mask = 0;
out: if (sme_me_mask) {