From nobody Mon Feb 9 15:09:05 2026 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.129.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69EB05A4CA for ; Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:10:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=170.10.129.124 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1710799812; cv=none; b=asTA9S9QAlWF+C66RVZXrRoZbl0N3E5tcj5OLoXiKuaD5OnlBoyexUa2Z1/Bvi6x+905kUl1vn7KjCBTq25FzGynVQrxa9ez1NDMNWdDIRkIGPHFPogVhw9Db12DwTwIVX6mnYP3v0R6u7q72hRuerTKfAoE0BaebPdW4HssgCw= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1710799812; c=relaxed/simple; bh=Z5iRfxdNh5CyrDoUPDoH234u8YFkwUvwaTp8RBly4oA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=p4elbk+OFVa1waiFocSGhTEhdg4eC5hUy+lM4EojsGeKMBEshsGOaGbejMr5AnZ6ysBvIDN8FoIMnMCNlqOaT4GtlQnu5sZhqL/C++KifJ4l+4o0NU8GbGMFKEDzFmmGgQyaLQTQx5JgQRg4queFuGmFZOhldbKHAIutQ9ev3b8= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b=XWKXmU5k; arc=none smtp.client-ip=170.10.129.124 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="XWKXmU5k" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1710799808; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=WBkKm95Ln/2RsUgEOWoo/2LuPFULXZi0eLnZQwdqLAM=; b=XWKXmU5kMG0UVPLYFCQ6x0ReXR9vxZsINggyDCtk4O+4Xc46qLeGMSsMQoRIj1Y0lqpb0j UUECrgPKGsvisE2/hCBgy8FUmDoyIAoyeMW/iPxLym4VwgWXU6caFZcYXXklFALZJVGR12 gYx7MzyXyjyWvWJD9niSit79kVVbh6k= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx-ext.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-591-NnrrJCCFNB-Nld8hG1-VXA-1; Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:10:05 -0400 X-MC-Unique: NnrrJCCFNB-Nld8hG1-VXA-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.9]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACB591C04330; Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:10:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from virtlab701.virt.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com (virtlab701.virt.lab.eng.bos.redhat.com [10.19.152.228]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BF02492BC8; Mon, 18 Mar 2024 22:10:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Paolo Bonzini To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org Cc: seanjc@google.com, Michael Roth Subject: [PATCH 6/7] Documentation: kvm/sev: separate description of firmware Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2024 18:10:01 -0400 Message-ID: <20240318221002.2712738-7-pbonzini@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: <20240318221002.2712738-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> References: <20240318221002.2712738-1-pbonzini@redhat.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The description of firmware is included part under the "SEV Key Management" header, part under the KVM_SEV_INIT ioctl. Put these two bits together and and rename "SEV Key Management" to what it actually is, namely a description of the KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP API. Reviewed-by: Michael Roth Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini --- .../virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst | 29 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documen= tation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst index 995780088eb2..4f2eb441c718 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -46,14 +46,8 @@ SEV hardware uses ASIDs to associate a memory encryption= key with a VM. Hence, the ASID for the SEV-enabled guests must be from 1 to a maximum val= ue defined in the CPUID 0x8000001f[ecx] field. =20 -SEV Key Management -=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D - -The SEV guest key management is handled by a separate processor called the= AMD -Secure Processor (AMD-SP). Firmware running inside the AMD-SP provides a s= ecure -key management interface to perform common hypervisor activities such as -encrypting bootstrap code, snapshot, migrating and debugging the guest. Fo= r more -information, see the SEV Key Management spec [api-spec]_ +The KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP ioctl +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 The main ioctl to access SEV is KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP. If the argument to KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP is NULL, the ioctl returns 0 if SEV is enabled @@ -87,10 +81,6 @@ guests, such as launching, running, snapshotting, migrat= ing and decommissioning. The KVM_SEV_INIT command is used by the hypervisor to initialize the SEV p= latform context. In a typical workflow, this command should be the first command i= ssued. =20 -The firmware can be initialized either by using its own non-volatile stora= ge or -the OS can manage the NV storage for the firmware using the module paramet= er -``init_ex_path``. If the file specified by ``init_ex_path`` does not exist= or -is invalid, the OS will create or override the file with output from PSP. =20 Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error =20 @@ -434,6 +424,21 @@ issued by the hypervisor to make the guest ready for e= xecution. =20 Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error =20 +Firmware Management +=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D + +The SEV guest key management is handled by a separate processor called the= AMD +Secure Processor (AMD-SP). Firmware running inside the AMD-SP provides a s= ecure +key management interface to perform common hypervisor activities such as +encrypting bootstrap code, snapshot, migrating and debugging the guest. Fo= r more +information, see the SEV Key Management spec [api-spec]_ + +The AMD-SP firmware can be initialized either by using its own non-volatile +storage or the OS can manage the NV storage for the firmware using +parameter ``init_ex_path`` of the ``ccp`` module. If the file specified +by ``init_ex_path`` does not exist or is invalid, the OS will create or +override the file with PSP non-volatile storage. + References =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 --=20 2.43.0