linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v8 5/5] x86/tdx: Add Quote generation support

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Message-ID: <403cfccb-7fff-ab0b-8ebd-e5b04e631571@intel.com>
Date:   Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:27:08 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Kai Huang <kai.huang@...el.com>,
        Wander Lairson Costa <wander@...hat.com>,
        Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@...il.com>,
        marcelo.cerri@...onical.com, tim.gardner@...onical.com,
        khalid.elmously@...onical.com, philip.cox@...onical.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 5/5] x86/tdx: Add Quote generation support

On 6/8/22 19:52, Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan wrote:
> In TDX guest, the second stage in attestation process is to send the
> TDREPORT to QE/QGS to generate the TD Quote. For platforms that does
> not support communication channels like vsock or TCP/IP, implement
> support to get TD Quote using hypercall. GetQuote hypercall can be used
> by the TD guest to request VMM facilitate the Quote generation via
> QE/QGS. More details about GetQuote hypercall can be found in TDX
> Guest-Host Communication Interface (GHCI) for Intel TDX 1.0, section
> titled "TDG.VP.VMCALL<GetQuote>.

So, the quote portion of this is basically a bidirectional blob sender.
 It's to send a blob between guest userspace to host userspace.

Do we *REALLY* need specific driver functionality for this?  For
instance, is there no existing virtio device that can send blobs back
and forth?