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V" Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 11/11] arm64: Document Arm Confidential Compute Message-ID: <20241008110549.GA1058742@myrica> References: <20241004144307.66199-1-steven.price@arm.com> <20241004144307.66199-12-steven.price@arm.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-coco@lists.linux.dev List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20241004144307.66199-12-steven.price@arm.com> On Fri, Oct 04, 2024 at 03:43:06PM +0100, Steven Price wrote: > Add some documentation on Arm CCA and the requirements for running Linux > as a Realm guest. Also update booting.rst to describe the requirement > for RIPAS RAM. > > Signed-off-by: Steven Price > --- > Documentation/arch/arm64/arm-cca.rst | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst | 3 ++ > Documentation/arch/arm64/index.rst | 1 + > 3 files changed, 71 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 Documentation/arch/arm64/arm-cca.rst > > diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/arm-cca.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/arm-cca.rst > new file mode 100644 > index 000000000000..ab7f90e64c2f > --- /dev/null > +++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/arm-cca.rst > @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ > +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 > + > +===================================== > +Arm Confidential Compute Architecture > +===================================== > + > +Arm systems that support the Realm Management Extension (RME) contain > +hardware to allow a VM guest to be run in a way which protects the code > +and data of the guest from the hypervisor. It extends the older "two > +world" model (Normal and Secure World) into four worlds: Normal, Secure, > +Root and Realm. Linux can then also be run as a guest to a monitor > +running in the Realm world. > + > +The monitor running in the Realm world is known as the Realm Management > +Monitor (RMM) and implements the Realm Management Monitor > +specification[1]. The monitor acts a bit like a hypervisor (e.g. it runs > +in EL2 and manages the stage 2 page tables etc of the guests running in > +Realm world), however much of the control is handled by a hypervisor > +running in the Normal World. The Normal World hypervisor uses the Realm > +Management Interface (RMI) defined by the RMM specification to request > +the RMM to perform operations (e.g. mapping memory or executing a vCPU). > + > +The RMM defines an environment for guests where the address space (IPA) > +is split into two. The lower half is protected - any memory that is > +mapped in this half cannot be seen by the Normal World and the RMM > +restricts what operations the Normal World can perform on this memory > +(e.g. the Normal World cannot replace pages in this region without the > +guest's cooperation). The upper half is shared, the Normal World is free > +to make changes to the pages in this region, and is able to emulate MMIO > +devices in this region too. > + > +A guest running in a Realm may also communicate with the RMM to request > +changes in its environment or to perform attestation about its > +environment. In particular it may request that areas of the protected > +address space are transitioned between 'RAM' and 'EMPTY' (in either > +direction). This allows a Realm guest to give up memory to be returned > +to the Normal World, or to request new memory from the Normal World. > +Without an explicit request from the Realm guest the RMM will otherwise > +prevent the Normal World from making these changes. We could mention that this interface is "RSI", so readers know what to look for next > + > +Linux as a Realm Guest > +---------------------- > + > +To run Linux as a guest within a Realm, the following must be provided > +either by the VMM or by a `boot loader` run in the Realm before Linux: > + > + * All protected RAM described to Linux (by DT or ACPI) must be marked > + RIPAS RAM before handing over the Linux. "handing control over to Linux", or something like that? > + > + * MMIO devices must be either unprotected (e.g. emulated by the Normal > + World) or marked RIPAS DEV. > + > + * MMIO devices emulated by the Normal World and used very early in boot > + (specifically earlycon) must be specified in the upper half of IPA. > + For earlycon this can be done by specifying the address on the > + command line, e.g.: ``earlycon=uart,mmio,0x101000000`` This is going to be needed frequently, so maybe we should explain in a little more detail how we come up with this value: "e.g. with an IPA size of 33 and the base address of the emulated UART at 0x1000000, ``earlycon=uart,mmio,0x101000000``" (Because the example IPA size is rather unintuitive and specific to the kvmtool memory map) Thanks, Jean > + > + * Linux will use bounce buffers for communicating with unprotected > + devices. It will transition some protected memory to RIPAS EMPTY and > + expect to be able to access unprotected pages at the same IPA address > + but with the highest valid IPA bit set. The expectation is that the > + VMM will remove the physical pages from the protected mapping and > + provide those pages as unprotected pages. > + > +References > +---------- > +[1] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0137/ > diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst > index b57776a68f15..30164fb24a24 100644 > --- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst > +++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/booting.rst > @@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ to automatically locate and size all RAM, or it may use knowledge of > the RAM in the machine, or any other method the boot loader designer > sees fit.) > > +For Arm Confidential Compute Realms this includes ensuring that all > +protected RAM has a Realm IPA state (RIPAS) of "RAM". > + > > 2. Setup the device tree > ------------------------- > diff --git a/Documentation/arch/arm64/index.rst b/Documentation/arch/arm64/index.rst > index 78544de0a8a9..12c243c3af20 100644 > --- a/Documentation/arch/arm64/index.rst > +++ b/Documentation/arch/arm64/index.rst > @@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ ARM64 Architecture > acpi_object_usage > amu > arm-acpi > + arm-cca > asymmetric-32bit > booting > cpu-feature-registers > -- > 2.34.1 > >