Re: [PATCH] crypto: ccp - Retry SEV INIT command in case of integrity check failure.

From: David Rientjes
Date: Tue Oct 22 2019 - 20:23:52 EST


On Tue, 22 Oct 2019, Singh, Brijesh wrote:

> >>>> From: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@xxxxxxx>
> >>>>
> >>>> SEV INIT command loads the SEV related persistent data from NVS
> >>>> and initializes the platform context. The firmware validates the
> >>>> persistent state. If validation fails, the firmware will reset
> >>>> the persisent state and return an integrity check failure status.
> >>>>
> >>>> At this point, a subsequent INIT command should succeed, so retry
> >>>> the command. The INIT command retry is only done during driver
> >>>> initialization.
> >>>>
> >>>> Additional enums along with SEV_RET_SECURE_DATA_INVALID are added
> >>>> to sev_ret_code to maintain continuity and relevance of enum values.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@xxxxxxx>
> >>>> ---
> >>>> drivers/crypto/ccp/psp-dev.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> >>>> include/uapi/linux/psp-sev.h | 3 +++
> >>>> 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/drivers/crypto/ccp/psp-dev.c b/drivers/crypto/ccp/psp-dev.c
> >>>> index 6b17d179ef8a..f9318d4482f2 100644
> >>>> --- a/drivers/crypto/ccp/psp-dev.c
> >>>> +++ b/drivers/crypto/ccp/psp-dev.c
> >>>> @@ -1064,6 +1064,18 @@ void psp_pci_init(void)
> >>>>
> >>>> /* Initialize the platform */
> >>>> rc = sev_platform_init(&error);
> >>>> + if (rc && (error == SEV_RET_SECURE_DATA_INVALID)) {
> >>>> + /*
> >>>> + * INIT command returned an integrity check failure
> >>>> + * status code, meaning that firmware load and
> >>>> + * validation of SEV related persistent data has
> >>>> + * failed and persistent state has been erased.
> >>>> + * Retrying INIT command here should succeed.
> >>>> + */
> >>>> + dev_dbg(sp->dev, "SEV: retrying INIT command");
> >>>> + rc = sev_platform_init(&error);
> >>>> + }
> >>>> +
> >>>> if (rc) {
> >>>> dev_err(sp->dev, "SEV: failed to INIT error %#x\n", error);
> >>>> return;
> >>>
> >>> Curious why this isn't done in __sev_platform_init_locked() since
> >>> sev_platform_init() can be called when loading the kvm module and the same
> >>> init failure can happen that way.
> >>>
> >>
> >> The FW initialization (aka PLATFORM_INIT) is called in the following
> >> code paths:
> >>
> >> 1. During system boot up
> >>
> >> and
> >>
> >> 2. After the platform reset command is issued
> >>
> >> The patch takes care of #1. Based on the spec, platform reset command
> >> should erase the persistent data and the PLATFORM_INIT should *not* fail
> >> with SEV_RET_SECURE_DATA_INVALID error code. So, I am not able to see
> >> any strong reason to move the retry code in
> >> __sev_platform_init_locked().
> >>
> >
> > Hmm, is the sev_platform_init() call in sev_guest_init() intended to do
> > SEV_CMD_INIT only after platform reset? I was under the impression it was
> > done in case any previous init failed.
> >
>
>
> The PLATFORM_INIT command is allowed only when FW is in UINIT state. On
> boot, the FW will be in UNINIT state and similarly after the platform
> reset command the FW goes back to UNINIT state.
>
> The __sev_platform_init_locked() checks the FW state before issuing the
> command, if FW is already in INIT state then it returns immediately.
>

Ah, got it, thanks.

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>