Re: [RFC PATCH v3 10/20] Add support to access boot related data in the clear

From: Kani, Toshimitsu
Date: Fri Nov 11 2016 - 11:17:46 EST


On Wed, 2016-11-09 at 18:36 -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> Boot data (such as EFI related data) is not encrypted when the system
> is booted and needs to be accessed unencrypted.ÂÂAdd support to apply
> the proper attributes to the EFI page tables and to the
> early_memremap and memremap APIs to identify the type of data being
> accessed so that the proper encryption attribute can be applied.
Â:
> +static bool memremap_apply_encryption(resource_size_t phys_addr,
> + ÂÂÂÂÂÂunsigned long size)
> +{
> + /* SME is not active, just return true */
> + if (!sme_me_mask)
> + return true;
> +
> + /* Check if the address is part of the setup data */
> + if (memremap_setup_data(phys_addr, size))
> + return false;
> +
> + /* Check if the address is part of EFI boot/runtime data */
> + switch (efi_mem_type(phys_addr)) {
> + case EFI_BOOT_SERVICES_DATA:
> + case EFI_RUNTIME_SERVICES_DATA:
> + return false;
> + }
> +
> + /* Check if the address is outside kernel usable area */
> + switch (e820_get_entry_type(phys_addr, phys_addr + size -
> 1)) {
> + case E820_RESERVED:
> + case E820_ACPI:
> + case E820_NVS:
> + case E820_UNUSABLE:
> + return false;
> + }
> +
> + return true;
> +}

Are you supporting encryption for E820_PMEM ranges? ÂIf so, this
encryption will persist across a reboot and does not need to be
encrypted again, right? ÂAlso, how do you keep a same key across a
reboot?

Thanks,
-Toshi