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Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] qapi/qom,target/i386: sev-guest: Introduce kernel-has
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Daniel P . Berrangé |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH v2 1/6] qapi/qom,target/i386: sev-guest: Introduce kernel-hashes=on|off option |
Date: |
Thu, 11 Nov 2021 09:26:01 +0000 |
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Mutt/2.0.7 (2021-05-04) |
On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 08:20:48PM +0200, Dov Murik wrote:
>
>
> On 08/11/2021 17:51, Markus Armbruster wrote:
> > Dov Murik <dovmurik@linux.ibm.com> writes:
> >
> >> Introduce new boolean 'kernel-hashes' option on the sev-guest object.
> >> It will be used to to decide whether to add the hashes of
> >> kernel/initrd/cmdline to SEV guest memory when booting with -kernel.
> >> The default value is 'off'.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Dov Murik <dovmurik@linux.ibm.com>
> >> ---
> >> qapi/qom.json | 7 ++++++-
> >> target/i386/sev.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >> qemu-options.hx | 6 +++++-
> >> 3 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/qapi/qom.json b/qapi/qom.json
> >> index ccd1167808..4fd5d1716b 100644
> >> --- a/qapi/qom.json
> >> +++ b/qapi/qom.json
> >> @@ -769,6 +769,10 @@
> >> # @reduced-phys-bits: number of bits in physical addresses that become
> >> # unavailable when SEV is enabled
> >> #
> >> +# @kernel-hashes: if true, add hashes of kernel/initrd/cmdline to a
> >> +# designated guest firmware page for measured boot
> >> +# with -kernel (default: false)
> >
> > Missing: (since 7.0)
> >
>
> I agree the "since" clause is missing, but I think this series (at least
> patches 1-4) should be considered a bug fix (because booting with
> -kernel will break in 6.2 for older OVMF which doesn't have guest
> firmware area for hashes).
>
> I think it should be added for 6.2.
>
> Paolo?
>
>
> If agreed, the hunk should be:
Yes, the kernel hashes feature was introduced in this 6.2 dev
cycle, and this patch is fixing a significant behavioural
problem with it. We need this included in the 6.2 release
Regards,
Daniel
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[PATCH v2 2/6] target/i386/sev: Add kernel hashes only if sev-guest.kernel-hashes=on, Dov Murik, 2021/11/08
[PATCH v2 6/6] target/i386/sev: Replace qemu_map_ram_ptr with address_space_map, Dov Murik, 2021/11/08
Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] SEV: add kernel-hashes=on for measured -kernel launch, Brijesh Singh, 2021/11/10
Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] SEV: add kernel-hashes=on for measured -kernel launch, Daniel P . Berrangé, 2021/11/11