Thread (96 messages) 96 messages, 7 authors, 2021-11-11

Re: [PATCH v6 13/42] x86/compressed: Register GHCB memory when SEV-SNP is active

From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Date: 2021-11-02 16:36:45
Also in: kvm, linux-efi, linux-mm, lkml, platform-driver-x86

On Fri, Oct 08, 2021 at 01:04:24PM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
The SEV-SNP guest is required to perform GHCB GPA registration. This is
Let's write that out and make this more readable for outsiders too:

"... is required by the GHCB spec to register the GHCB's Guest Physical
Address (GPA)."
because the hypervisor may prefer that a guest use a consistent and/or
specific GPA for the GHCB associated with a vCPU. For more information,
see the GHCB specification.
Giving a section in that spec would be helpful.

Thx.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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