Re: [PATCH v3 05/15] Documentation: kvm/sev: separate description of firmware

[Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, Feb 26, 2024 at 02:03:34PM -0500, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> +``KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP`` API
> +=============================

Nit: I think to be consistent, with command names in section headings below,
the API name heading above should not be inlined.

>  
>  The main ioctl to access SEV is KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP.  If the argument
>  to KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_OP is NULL, the ioctl returns 0 if SEV is enabled
> @@ -87,10 +81,6 @@ guests, such as launching, running, snapshotting, migrating and decommissioning.
>  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.
>  
> -The firmware can be initialized either by using its own non-volatile storage or
> -the OS can manage the NV storage for the firmware using the module parameter
> -``init_ex_path``. If the file specified by ``init_ex_path`` does not exist or
> -is invalid, the OS will create or override the file with output from PSP.
>  
>  Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
>  
> @@ -434,6 +424,21 @@ issued by the hypervisor to make the guest ready for execution.
>  
>  Returns: 0 on success, -negative on error
>  
> +Firmware 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]_
> +
> +The AMD-SP firmware can be initialized either by using its own non-volatile
> +storage or the OS can manage the NV storage for the firmware using
> +parameter ``init_ex_path`` of the ``ccp`` module. If the file specified
> +by ``init_ex_path`` does not exist or is invalid, the OS will create or
> +override the file with PSP non-volatile storage.
> +

This one LGTM.

Other than the nit,

Reviewed-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>

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