From: Thara Gopinath <tgopinath@linux.microsoft.com>
To: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
Cc: kys@microsoft.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com, decui@microsoft.com,
tglx@kernel.org, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, hpa@zytor.com, ardb@kernel.org,
ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org,
James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com, javierm@redhat.com,
lszubowi@redhat.com, francescopompo2@gmail.com,
tgopinath@microsoft.com, x86@kernel.org,
linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
Anna Trikalinou <atrikalinou@microsoft.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 03/12] drivers: hv: Reserve memory for VSM secure kernel during early boot
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2026 09:38:42 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c1be10ae-227b-4461-9da2-dfda25c80478@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260902005902.GC2583463@liuwe-devbox-debian-v2.local>
On 9/1/2026 8:59 PM, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2026 at 09:55:17AM -0700, Thara Gopinath wrote:
>> The VSM secure kernel runs in VTL1 and cannot use the normal Linux
>> kernel memory allocators — its memory must be reserved before the
>> general-purpose allocator takes ownership of the physical address space.
>>
>> Add hv_vsm_securekernel.c to handle this early boot reservation. The
>> driver parses a new "securekernel=<size>[K|M|G][@<addr>]" kernel command
>
> We should add a prefix to it, unless you tell me there is a plan to
> extend this to other virtualization solutions.
Thanks for the reviews Wei.. Yes I will add a prefix hv_ and we can
remove it if/when this gets extended to other virtualization solutions.
Warm Regards
Thara
>
> Wei
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-02 13:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-01 16:55 [RFC PATCH 00/12] Introduce LVBS support for Hyper-V guests Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 01/12] drivers: hv: Add HYPERV_VSM kconfig option Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 02/12] drivers: hv: hv_common: Allocate Hyper-V output arg page when VSM is enabled Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:12 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-01 22:56 ` Wei Liu
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 03/12] drivers: hv: Reserve memory for VSM secure kernel during early boot Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:10 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 0:59 ` Wei Liu
2026-09-02 13:38 ` Thara Gopinath [this message]
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 04/12] firmware: efi: libstub: x86-stub: Enable VSM awareness in efi os indications variable Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:09 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 1:09 ` Wei Liu
2026-09-02 14:23 ` Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 05/12] include: hyperv: hvgdk_mini.h: Add VTL-specific structures and bits Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 06/12] drivers: hv: Add VSM boot driver and enable VTL1 at the partition level Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:24 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 1:16 ` Wei Liu
2026-09-02 14:28 ` Thara Gopinath
2026-09-02 4:43 ` Wei Liu
2026-09-04 13:23 ` Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 07/12] drivers: hv: hv_vsm_boot: load secure kernel image from firmware Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:20 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-02 4:37 ` Wei Liu
2026-09-02 16:22 ` Thara Gopinath
2026-09-02 22:58 ` Wei Liu
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 08/12] arch: x86: hyperv: Build initial vCPU context for VTL1 secure kernel Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:25 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 09/12] drivers: hv: hv_vsm_boot: Enable VTL1 on the boot processor Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:36 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 10/12] arch: x86: hyperv: hv_vtl_vsm: Introduce vtlcall Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 11/12] drivers: hv: hv_vsm_boot: Boot primary processor in VTL1 Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:35 ` sashiko-bot
2026-09-01 16:55 ` [RFC PATCH 12/12] drivers: hv: hv_vsm_boot: Boot secondary processors " Thara Gopinath
2026-09-01 17:44 ` sashiko-bot
Reply instructions:
You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:
* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
and reply-to-all from there: mbox
Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style
* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
switches of git-send-email(1):
git send-email \
--in-reply-to=c1be10ae-227b-4461-9da2-dfda25c80478@linux.microsoft.com \
--to=tgopinath@linux.microsoft.com \
--cc=James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com \
--cc=ardb@kernel.org \
--cc=atrikalinou@microsoft.com \
--cc=bp@alien8.de \
--cc=dave.hansen@linux.intel.com \
--cc=decui@microsoft.com \
--cc=francescopompo2@gmail.com \
--cc=haiyangz@microsoft.com \
--cc=hpa@zytor.com \
--cc=ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org \
--cc=javierm@redhat.com \
--cc=kys@microsoft.com \
--cc=linux-efi@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-hyperv@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
--cc=lszubowi@redhat.com \
--cc=mingo@redhat.com \
--cc=tglx@kernel.org \
--cc=tgopinath@microsoft.com \
--cc=wei.liu@kernel.org \
--cc=x86@kernel.org \
/path/to/YOUR_REPLY
https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html
* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line
before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox