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| author | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2024-02-09 13:37:35 -0500 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2024-03-18 19:03:52 -0400 |
| commit | 19cebbab995b2c99e927d6c5f3f24ded0740efd5 (patch) | |
| tree | d7c62e62e877c298c5c61c86f48a891dab7a7a67 /Documentation | |
| parent | f3c80061c0d35c60709088ccb019305796d3f6ff (diff) | |
Documentation: kvm/sev: separate description of firmware
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 <michael.roth@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst | 29 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/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 value defined in the CPUID 0x8000001f[ecx] field. -SEV Key Management -================== - -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 secure -key management interface to perform common hypervisor activities such as -encrypting bootstrap code, snapshot, migrating and debugging the guest. For more -information, see the SEV Key Management spec [api-spec]_ +The KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP ioctl +=============================== 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, migrating and decommissioning. The KVM_SEV_INIT command is used by the hypervisor to initialize the SEV platform context. In a typical workflow, this command should be the first command issued. -The firmware can be initialized either by using its own non-volatile storage or -the OS can manage the NV storage for the firmware using the module parameter -``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. Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error @@ -434,6 +424,21 @@ issued by the hypervisor to make the guest ready for execution. Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error +Firmware Management +=================== + +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 secure +key management interface to perform common hypervisor activities such as +encrypting bootstrap code, snapshot, migrating and debugging the guest. For 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 ========== |