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diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 659bbc093b52..000000000000 --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/amd-memory-encryption.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,247 +0,0 @@ -====================================== -Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) -====================================== - -Overview -======== - -Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV) is a feature found on AMD processors. - -SEV is an extension to the AMD-V architecture which supports running -virtual machines (VMs) under the control of a hypervisor. When enabled, -the memory contents of a VM will be transparently encrypted with a key -unique to that VM. - -The hypervisor can determine the SEV support through the CPUID -instruction. The CPUID function 0x8000001f reports information related -to SEV:: - - 0x8000001f[eax]: - Bit[1] indicates support for SEV - ... - [ecx]: - Bits[31:0] Number of encrypted guests supported simultaneously - -If support for SEV is present, MSR 0xc001_0010 (MSR_K8_SYSCFG) and MSR 0xc001_0015 -(MSR_K7_HWCR) can be used to determine if it can be enabled:: - - 0xc001_0010: - Bit[23] 1 = memory encryption can be enabled - 0 = memory encryption can not be enabled - - 0xc001_0015: - Bit[0] 1 = memory encryption can be enabled - 0 = memory encryption can not be enabled - -When SEV support is available, it can be enabled in a specific VM by -setting the SEV bit before executing VMRUN.:: - - VMCB[0x90]: - Bit[1] 1 = SEV is enabled - 0 = SEV is disabled - -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 implements the following commands to support common lifecycle events of SEV -guests, such as launching, running, snapshotting, migrating and decommissioning. - -1. KVM_SEV_INIT ---------------- - -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. - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -2. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_START ------------------------ - -The KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_START command is used for creating the memory encryption -context. To create the encryption context, user must provide a guest policy, -the owner's public Diffie-Hellman (PDH) key and session information. - -Parameters: struct kvm_sev_launch_start (in/out) - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -:: - - struct kvm_sev_launch_start { - __u32 handle; /* if zero then firmware creates a new handle */ - __u32 policy; /* guest's policy */ - - __u64 dh_uaddr; /* userspace address pointing to the guest owner's PDH key */ - __u32 dh_len; - - __u64 session_addr; /* userspace address which points to the guest session information */ - __u32 session_len; - }; - -On success, the 'handle' field contains a new handle and on error, a negative value. - -For more details, see SEV spec Section 6.2. - -3. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_UPDATE_DATA ------------------------------ - -The KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_UPDATE_DATA is used for encrypting a memory region. It also -calculates a measurement of the memory contents. The measurement is a signature -of the memory contents that can be sent to the guest owner as an attestation -that the memory was encrypted correctly by the firmware. - -Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_launch_update_data - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -:: - - struct kvm_sev_launch_update { - __u64 uaddr; /* userspace address to be encrypted (must be 16-byte aligned) */ - __u32 len; /* length of the data to be encrypted (must be 16-byte aligned) */ - }; - -For more details, see SEV spec Section 6.3. - -4. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_MEASURE -------------------------- - -The KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_MEASURE command is used to retrieve the measurement of the -data encrypted by the KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_UPDATE_DATA command. The guest owner may -wait to provide the guest with confidential information until it can verify the -measurement. Since the guest owner knows the initial contents of the guest at -boot, the measurement can be verified by comparing it to what the guest owner -expects. - -Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_launch_measure - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -:: - - struct kvm_sev_launch_measure { - __u64 uaddr; /* where to copy the measurement */ - __u32 len; /* length of measurement blob */ - }; - -For more details on the measurement verification flow, see SEV spec Section 6.4. - -5. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_FINISH ------------------------- - -After completion of the launch flow, the KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_FINISH command can be -issued to make the guest ready for the execution. - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -6. KVM_SEV_GUEST_STATUS ------------------------ - -The KVM_SEV_GUEST_STATUS command is used to retrieve status information about a -SEV-enabled guest. - -Parameters (out): struct kvm_sev_guest_status - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -:: - - struct kvm_sev_guest_status { - __u32 handle; /* guest handle */ - __u32 policy; /* guest policy */ - __u8 state; /* guest state (see enum below) */ - }; - -SEV guest state: - -:: - - enum { - SEV_STATE_INVALID = 0; - SEV_STATE_LAUNCHING, /* guest is currently being launched */ - SEV_STATE_SECRET, /* guest is being launched and ready to accept the ciphertext data */ - SEV_STATE_RUNNING, /* guest is fully launched and running */ - SEV_STATE_RECEIVING, /* guest is being migrated in from another SEV machine */ - SEV_STATE_SENDING /* guest is getting migrated out to another SEV machine */ - }; - -7. KVM_SEV_DBG_DECRYPT ----------------------- - -The KVM_SEV_DEBUG_DECRYPT command can be used by the hypervisor to request the -firmware to decrypt the data at the given memory region. - -Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_dbg - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -:: - - struct kvm_sev_dbg { - __u64 src_uaddr; /* userspace address of data to decrypt */ - __u64 dst_uaddr; /* userspace address of destination */ - __u32 len; /* length of memory region to decrypt */ - }; - -The command returns an error if the guest policy does not allow debugging. - -8. KVM_SEV_DBG_ENCRYPT ----------------------- - -The KVM_SEV_DEBUG_ENCRYPT command can be used by the hypervisor to request the -firmware to encrypt the data at the given memory region. - -Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_dbg - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -:: - - struct kvm_sev_dbg { - __u64 src_uaddr; /* userspace address of data to encrypt */ - __u64 dst_uaddr; /* userspace address of destination */ - __u32 len; /* length of memory region to encrypt */ - }; - -The command returns an error if the guest policy does not allow debugging. - -9. KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_SECRET ------------------------- - -The KVM_SEV_LAUNCH_SECRET command can be used by the hypervisor to inject secret -data after the measurement has been validated by the guest owner. - -Parameters (in): struct kvm_sev_launch_secret - -Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error - -:: - - struct kvm_sev_launch_secret { - __u64 hdr_uaddr; /* userspace address containing the packet header */ - __u32 hdr_len; - - __u64 guest_uaddr; /* the guest memory region where the secret should be injected */ - __u32 guest_len; - - __u64 trans_uaddr; /* the hypervisor memory region which contains the secret */ - __u32 trans_len; - }; - -References -========== - -.. [white-paper] http://amd-dev.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wordpress/media/2013/12/AMD_Memory_Encryption_Whitepaper_v7-Public.pdf -.. [api-spec] http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/55766_SEV-KM_API_Specification.pdf -.. [amd-apm] http://support.amd.com/TechDocs/24593.pdf (section 15.34) -.. 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