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SubjectRe: [RFC Part2 PATCH v3 01/26] Documentation/virtual/kvm: Add AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
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On 09/06/2017 11:41 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 05, 2017 at 04:39:14PM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
>> Not sure if we need to document the complete measurement flow in the
>> driver doc.
>
> No, not the whole thing - only summarized in a couple of sentences with
> the link to the doc.
>

Will do.


>> I was trying to keep everything to 80 column limit but if that is
>> not an issue for documentation then I like your recommendation.
>
> That rule is not a hard one - rather, it is to human discretion what
> is better - readability or fitting on some small screen, no one uses
> anymore.
>

I will follow your recommendation


>> The command does not require explicit parameter to differentiate between
>> live migration vs snapshot. All it needs is a destination platform
>> PDH key. If its live migration case then VM management stack will probably
>> communicate with remote platform and get its PDH keys before calling us.
>> The KVM driver simply acts upon the request from the userspace. SEV firmware
>> spec Appendix A [1] provides complete flow diagram which need to be implemented
>> in userspace. The driver simply act upon when it asked to create SEND_START
>> context.
>
> Ok, so that only creates the context after sending the PDH cert into the
> firmware. So please state that first and then what the command can be
> used for. The way it is written now, it reads like it does the sending
> of the guest.
>

Will clarify it in documentation.

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