Re: [RFC PATCH v2 13/20] x86: Decrypt trampoline area if memory encryption is active

From: Tom Lendacky
Date: Mon Sep 12 2016 - 11:43:59 EST


On 09/09/2016 12:34 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 05:37:57PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>> When Secure Memory Encryption is enabled, the trampoline area must not
>> be encrypted. A cpu running in real mode will not be able to decrypt
>
> s/cpu/CPU/... always :-)

Ok.

>
>> memory that has been encrypted because it will not be able to use addresses
>> with the memory encryption mask.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> arch/x86/realmode/init.c | 9 +++++++++
>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
>> index 5db706f1..f74925f 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
>> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>> #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>> #include <asm/realmode.h>
>> #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>> +#include <asm/mem_encrypt.h>
>>
>> struct real_mode_header *real_mode_header;
>> u32 *trampoline_cr4_features;
>> @@ -130,6 +131,14 @@ static void __init set_real_mode_permissions(void)
>> unsigned long text_start =
>> (unsigned long) __va(real_mode_header->text_start);
>>
>> + /*
>> + * If memory encryption is active, the trampoline area will need to
>> + * be in non-encrypted memory in order to bring up other processors
>
> Let's stick with either "unencrypted" - I'd prefer that one - or
> "non-encrypted" nomenclature so that there's no distraction. I see both
> versions in the patchset.

Yup, I'll audit the code and make everything consistent.

Thanks,
Tom

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