linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH Part1 v5 38/38] virt: sevguest: Add support to get extended report

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Message-ID: <bd5b2d47-2f66-87d9-ce1e-dfe717741d22@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Tue, 31 Aug 2021 23:22:04 +0300
From:   Dov Murik <dovmurik@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev, linux-mm@...ck.org
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        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
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        Dov Murik <dovmurik@...ux.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH Part1 v5 38/38] virt: sevguest: Add support to get
 extended report

Hi Brijesh,

On 20/08/2021 18:19, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> Version 2 of GHCB specification defines NAE to get the extended guest
> request. It is similar to the SNP_GET_REPORT ioctl. The main difference
> is related to the additional data that be returned. The additional
> data returned is a certificate blob that can be used by the SNP guest
> user. 

It seems like the SNP_GET_EXT_REPORT ioctl does everything that the
SNP_GET_REPORT ioctl does, and more.  Why expose SNP_GET_REPORT to
userspace at all?


-Dov


> The certificate blob layout is defined in the GHCB specification.
> The driver simply treats the blob as a opaque data and copies it to
> userspace.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virt/coco/sevguest.rst  |  22 +++++
>  drivers/virt/coco/sevguest/sevguest.c | 126 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/uapi/linux/sev-guest.h        |  13 +++
>  3 files changed, 161 insertions(+)
> 

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