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From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: seanjc@google.com, michael.roth@amd.com, aik@amd.com,
	isaku.yamahata@intel.com
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] Documentation: kvm/sev: separate description of firmware
Date: Fri,  9 Feb 2024 13:37:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20240209183743.22030-4-pbonzini@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20240209183743.22030-1-pbonzini@redhat.com>

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.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
---
 .../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/Documentation/virt/kvm/x86/amd-memory-encryption.rst
index 995780088eb2..37c5c37f4f6e 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]_
+``KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP`` API
+=============================
 
 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
 ==========
 
-- 
2.39.0



  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-02-09 18:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-02-09 18:37 [PATCH 00/10] KVM: SEV: allow customizing VMSA features Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 01/10] KVM: SEV: fix compat ABI for KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-14 22:50   ` Michael Roth
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 02/10] KVM: introduce new vendor op for KVM_GET_DEVICE_ATTR Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-14 22:57   ` Michael Roth
2024-02-09 18:37 ` Paolo Bonzini [this message]
2024-02-14 23:23   ` [PATCH 03/10] Documentation: kvm/sev: separate description of firmware Michael Roth
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 04/10] KVM: SEV: publish supported VMSA features Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-14 23:49   ` Michael Roth
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 05/10] KVM: SEV: store VMSA features in kvm_sev_info Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-15  0:03   ` Michael Roth
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 06/10] KVM: x86: define standard behavior for bits 0/1 of VM type Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 07/10] KVM: x86: Add is_vm_type_supported callback Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-15  0:33   ` Michael Roth
2024-02-15 13:35     ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 08/10] KVM: SEV: define VM types for SEV and SEV-ES Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-15  1:19   ` Michael Roth
2024-02-15 13:40     ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 09/10] KVM: SEV: introduce KVM_SEV_INIT2 operation Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-15  1:34   ` Michael Roth
2024-02-15 13:44     ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-15 14:44       ` Michael Roth
2024-02-15 17:28         ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-15 17:54           ` Michael Roth
2024-02-15 18:08             ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-15 20:44               ` Michael Roth
2024-02-15 11:07   ` Alexey Kardashevskiy
2024-02-15 21:14   ` Tom Lendacky
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 10/10] selftests: kvm: add tests for KVM_SEV_INIT2 Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-09 18:37 ` [PATCH 11/10] selftests: kvm: switch sev_migrate_tests to KVM_SEV_INIT2 Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-09 19:40 ` [PATCH 00/10] KVM: SEV: allow customizing VMSA features Sean Christopherson
2024-02-09 22:40   ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-13  2:46     ` Sean Christopherson
2024-02-13 14:44       ` Paolo Bonzini
2024-02-17  1:40         ` Sean Christopherson

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