Re: [for-6.0 v5 10/13] spapr: Add PEF based securable guest memory

2021-01-07 Thread David Gibson
On Tue, Jan 05, 2021 at 03:34:38PM -0800, Ram Pai wrote: > On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 04:44:12PM +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

Re: [for-6.0 v5 10/13] spapr: Add PEF based securable guest memory

2021-01-05 Thread Ram Pai
On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 04:44:12PM +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

[for-6.0 v5 10/13] spapr: Add PEF based securable guest memory

2020-12-03 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