From: "Shutemov, Kirill" <kirill.shutemov@intel.com>
To: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
Cc: "Reshetova, Elena" <elena.reshetova@intel.com>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
"Williams, Dan J" <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Michael Roth <michael.roth@amd.com>,
Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@amd.com>,
"Dong, Eddie" <eddie.dong@intel.com>,
Jeremi Piotrowski <jpiotrowski@linux.microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/11] Provide SEV-SNP support for running under an SVSM
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2024 18:57:16 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <fjiqqn6biwrtaye57dbhxk43jrbvh42cywcmt73zzp2nusmglu@ipb2fdxusyqm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <447b491f-ae1a-85db-a862-0a2b999cd0d4@amd.com>
On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 01:46:41PM -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> > 4. Define a new guest abstraction/guest type that would be used for
> > !VMPL0/L2 guest. This allows in the future to define a unified L2 <-> L1/VMPL!0
> > <-> VMPL0 communication interface that underneath would use Intel
> > TDX/AMD SEV-SNP specified communication primitives. Out of existing Linux code,
> > this approach is followed to some initial degree by MSFT Hyper-V implementation [2].
> > It defines a new type of virtualized guest with its own initialization path and callbacks in
> > x86_platform.guest/hyper.*. However, in our understanding noone has yet
> > attempted to define a unified abstraction for such guest, as well as unified interface.
> > AMD SEV-SNP has defined in [4] a VMPL0 <--> !VMPL0 communication interface
> > which is AMD specific.
>
> Can TDX create a new protocol within the SVSM that it could use?
Sure we can. But it contributes to virtualization zoo. The situation is
bad as it is. Ideally we would have a single SVSM guest type instead of
SVSM/TDX and SVSM/SEV.
--
Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-02-19 16:57 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-01-26 22:15 [PATCH 00/11] Provide SEV-SNP support for running under an SVSM Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:15 ` [PATCH 01/11] x86/sev: Rename snp_init() in the boot/compressed/sev.c file Tom Lendacky
2024-01-27 0:05 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2024-01-27 14:38 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:15 ` [PATCH 02/11] x86/sev: Make the VMPL0 checking function more generic Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:15 ` [PATCH 03/11] x86/sev: Check for the presence of an SVSM in the SNP Secrets page Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:15 ` [PATCH 04/11] x86/sev: Use kernel provided SVSM Calling Areas Tom Lendacky
2024-01-27 0:45 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2024-01-27 14:43 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:15 ` [PATCH 05/11] x86/sev: Perform PVALIDATE using the SVSM when not at VMPL0 Tom Lendacky
2024-01-27 0:59 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2024-01-27 15:18 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:15 ` [PATCH 06/11] x86/sev: Use the SVSM to create a vCPU when not in VMPL0 Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:16 ` [PATCH 07/11] x86/sev: Provide SVSM discovery support Tom Lendacky
2024-01-29 10:41 ` Jeremi Piotrowski
2024-01-29 15:18 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:16 ` [PATCH 08/11] x86/sev: Provide guest VMPL level to userspace Tom Lendacky
2024-01-27 1:06 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2024-01-27 15:43 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:16 ` [PATCH 09/11] virt: sev-guest: Choose the VMPCK key based on executing VMPL Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:16 ` [PATCH 10/11] x86/sev: Extend the config-fs attestation support for an SVSM Tom Lendacky
2024-01-27 1:27 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2024-01-29 15:02 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-01-29 20:04 ` Dionna Amalie Glaze
2024-02-01 21:14 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-02-02 7:10 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-05 23:29 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2024-02-06 18:53 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-02-06 18:48 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-02-13 2:34 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-16 19:07 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-02-16 20:46 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-23 20:41 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-02-24 0:02 ` Dan Williams
2024-02-26 14:42 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-01-26 22:16 ` [PATCH 11/11] x86/sev: Allow non-VMPL0 execution when an SVSM is present Tom Lendacky
2024-02-12 10:40 ` [PATCH 00/11] Provide SEV-SNP support for running under an SVSM Reshetova, Elena
2024-02-16 19:46 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-02-19 16:57 ` Shutemov, Kirill [this message]
2024-02-19 17:54 ` Reshetova, Elena
2024-02-23 20:23 ` Tom Lendacky
2024-02-27 14:56 ` Reshetova, Elena
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