linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/12] powerpc/pseries: Introduce option to build secure virtual machines

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Date:   Tue, 21 May 2019 01:49:01 -0300
From:   Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@...abs.ru>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.linux@...il.com>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Mike Anderson <andmike@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>,
        Claudio Carvalho <cclaudio@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 01/12] powerpc/pseries: Introduce option to build secure virtual machines

Introduce CONFIG_PPC_SVM to control support for secure guests and include
Ultravisor-related helpers when it is selected

Signed-off-by: Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/ultravisor.h  |  2 +-
 arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile           |  4 +++-
 arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig | 12 ++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ultravisor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ultravisor.h
index 4ffec7a36acd..09e0a615d96f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ultravisor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/ultravisor.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ extern int early_init_dt_scan_ultravisor(unsigned long node, const char *uname,
  * This call supports up to 6 arguments and 4 return arguments. Use
  * UCALL_BUFSIZE to size the return argument buffer.
  */
-#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_UV)
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_UV) || defined(CONFIG_PPC_SVM)
 long ucall(unsigned long opcode, unsigned long *retbuf, ...);
 #else
 static long ucall(unsigned long opcode, unsigned long *retbuf, ...)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
index 43ff4546e469..1e9b721634c8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_EPAPR_PARAVIRT)	+= epapr_paravirt.o epapr_hcalls.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_GUEST)		+= kvm.o kvm_emul.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_UV)		+= ultravisor.o ucall.o
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_PPC_UV)$(CONFIG_PPC_SVM),)
+obj-y				+= ultravisor.o ucall.o
+endif
 
 # Disable GCOV, KCOV & sanitizers in odd or sensitive code
 GCOV_PROFILE_prom_init.o := n
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
index 9c6b3d860518..82c16aa4f1ce 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/Kconfig
@@ -144,3 +144,15 @@ config PAPR_SCM
 	tristate "Support for the PAPR Storage Class Memory interface"
 	help
 	  Enable access to hypervisor provided storage class memory.
+
+config PPC_SVM
+	bool "Secure virtual machine (SVM) support for POWER"
+	depends on PPC_PSERIES
+	default n
+	help
+	 Support secure guests on POWER. There are certain POWER platforms which
+	 support secure guests using the Protected Execution Facility, with the
+	 help of an Ultravisor executing below the hypervisor layer. This
+	 enables the support for those guests.
+
+	 If unsure, say "N".