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diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst index 84335d119ff1..9677a0714a39 100644 --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst @@ -76,15 +76,56 @@ are defined in ``<linux/psp-dev.h>``. KVM implements the following commands to support common lifecycle events of SEV guests, such as launching, running, snapshotting, migrating and decommissioning. -1. KVM_SEV_INIT ---------------- +1. KVM_SEV_INIT2 +---------------- -The KVM_SEV_INIT command is used by the hypervisor to initialize the SEV platform +The KVM_SEV_INIT2 command is used by the hypervisor to initialize the SEV platform context. In a typical workflow, this command should be the first command issued. +For this command to be accepted, either KVM_X86_SEV_VM or KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM +must have been passed to the KVM_CREATE_VM ioctl. A virtual machine created +with those machine types in turn cannot be run until KVM_SEV_INIT2 is invoked. + +Parameters: struct kvm_sev_init (in) Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error +:: + + struct kvm_sev_init { + __u64 vmsa_features; /* initial value of features field in VMSA */ + __u32 flags; /* must be 0 */ + __u16 ghcb_version; /* maximum guest GHCB version allowed */ + __u16 pad1; + __u32 pad2[8]; + }; + +It is an error if the hypervisor does not support any of the bits that +are set in ``flags`` or ``vmsa_features``. ``vmsa_features`` must be +0 for SEV virtual machines, as they do not have a VMSA. + +``ghcb_version`` must be 0 for SEV virtual machines, as they do not issue GHCB +requests. If ``ghcb_version`` is 0 for any other guest type, then the maximum +allowed guest GHCB protocol will default to version 2. + +This command replaces the deprecated KVM_SEV_INIT and KVM_SEV_ES_INIT commands. +The commands did not have any parameters (the ```data``` field was unused) and +only work for the KVM_X86_DEFAULT_VM machine type (0). + +They behave as if: + +* the VM type is KVM_X86_SEV_VM for KVM_SEV_INIT, or KVM_X86_SEV_ES_VM for + KVM_SEV_ES_INIT + +* the ``flags`` and ``vmsa_features`` fields of ``struct kvm_sev_init`` are + set to zero, and ``ghcb_version`` is set to 0 for KVM_SEV_INIT and 1 for + KVM_SEV_ES_INIT. + +If the ``KVM_X86_SEV_VMSA_FEATURES`` attribute does not exist, the hypervisor only +supports KVM_SEV_INIT and KVM_SEV_ES_INIT. In that case, note that KVM_SEV_ES_INIT +might set the debug swap VMSA feature (bit 5) depending on the value of the +``debug_swap`` parameter of ``kvm-amd.ko``. + 2. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_START ----------------------- @@ -425,6 +466,18 @@ issued by the hypervisor to make the guest ready for execution. Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error +Device attribute API +==================== + +Attributes of the SEV implementation can be retrieved through the +``KVM_HAS_DEVICE_ATTR`` and ``KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR`` ioctls on the ``/dev/kvm`` +device node, using group ``KVM_X86_GRP_SEV``. + +Currently only one attribute is implemented: + +* ``KVM_X86_SEV_VMSA_FEATURES``: return the set of all bits that + are accepted in the ``vmsa_features`` of ``KVM_SEV_INIT2``. + Firmware Management =================== |