Re: [PATCH v7 10/13] spapr: Add PEF based confidential guest support

2021-01-29 Thread David Gibson
On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 11:39:11AM +0100, Greg Kurz wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:58:08 +1100 > David Gibson wrote: > > > Some upcoming POWER machines have a system called PEF (Protected > > Execution Facility) which uses a small ultravisor to allow guests to > > run in a way that they can't

Re: [PATCH v7 10/13] spapr: Add PEF based confidential guest support

2021-01-28 Thread David Gibson
On Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at 04:41:51PM +0100, Cornelia Huck wrote: > On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:58:08 +1100 > David Gibson wrote: > > > Some upcoming POWER machines have a system called PEF (Protected > > Execution Facility) which uses a small ultravisor to allow guests to > > run in a way that they

Re: [PATCH v7 10/13] spapr: Add PEF based confidential guest support

2021-01-15 Thread Cornelia Huck
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:58:08 +1100 David Gibson wrote: > Some upcoming POWER machines have a system called PEF (Protected > Execution Facility) which uses a small ultravisor to allow guests to > run in a way that they can't be eavesdropped by the hypervisor. The > effect is roughly similar to

Re: [PATCH v7 10/13] spapr: Add PEF based confidential guest support

2021-01-14 Thread Greg Kurz
On Thu, 14 Jan 2021 10:58:08 +1100 David Gibson wrote: > Some upcoming POWER machines have a system called PEF (Protected > Execution Facility) which uses a small ultravisor to allow guests to > run in a way that they can't be eavesdropped by the hypervisor. The > effect is roughly similar to

[PATCH v7 10/13] spapr: Add PEF based confidential guest support

2021-01-13 Thread David Gibson
Some upcoming POWER machines have a system called PEF (Protected Execution Facility) which uses a small ultravisor to allow guests to run in a way that they can't be eavesdropped by the hypervisor. The effect is roughly similar to AMD SEV, although the mechanisms are quite different. Most of the