On Mon, Feb 20, 2023 at 08:44:23AM -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> On 2/20/23 02:49, Dov Murik wrote:
> > In order to allow the VMM (such as QEMU) to add a page with hashes of
> > kernel/initrd/cmdline for measured direct boot on SNP, this page must
> > not be part of the SNP metadata list reported to the VMM.
> > 
> > Check if that page is defined; if it is, skip it in the metadata list.
> > In such case, VMM should fill the page with the hashes content, or
> > explicitly update it as a zero page (if kernel hashes are not used).
> 
> Would it be better to define a new section type (similar to what I did in
> the SVSM PoC)? This way, it remains listed in the metadata and allows the
> VMM to detect it and decide how to handle it.

Explicitly describing things sounds better to me too.

take care,
  Gerd



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