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| author | Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com> | 2026-09-23 09:37:21 -0700 |
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| committer | Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> | 2026-09-26 00:39:55 -0400 |
| commit | 93de2a6a4b91b72607136dd656edf03fb399d27f (patch) | |
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KVM: SEV: Do cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host migrationgrafted
Manually perform cache maintenance on the source VM during intra-host
migration to ensure no stale data is left in CPU caches after the VM is
destroyed. Because the source VM is "converted" to a non-SEV VM, KVM's
memory reclaim flows won't trigger cache maintenance, e.g. when all guest
memory is reclaimed in response to detaching from the mmu_notifier.
Note, relying on the destination VM to do cache maintenance isn't an option
as KVM doesn't require identical guest memory configurations, i.e. the
source VM may have access to memory that the destination VM does not.
Enforcing equivalent memory configurations is infeasible, as it would
require a *deep* comparison of memslots, e.g. to verify that not only are
the memslot identical, but what the memslots point at is also identical.
Fixes: b56639318bb2 ("KVM: SEV: Add support for SEV intra host migration")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Reported-by: Stefan Teodorescu <fane@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Message-ID: <20260923163721.1584779-3-seanjc@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/crypto/crypto_engine.rst b/Documentation/crypto/crypto_engine.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..7ef850e28 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/crypto/crypto_engine.rst @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 + +Crypto Engine +============= + +Overview +-------- +The crypto engine (CE) API is a crypto queue manager. + +Requirement +----------- +You must put, at the start of your transform context your_tfm_ctx, the structure +crypto_engine: + +:: + + struct your_tfm_ctx { + struct crypto_engine engine; + ... + }; + +The crypto engine only manages asynchronous requests in the form of +crypto_async_request. It cannot know the underlying request type and thus only +has access to the transform structure. It is not possible to access the context +using container_of. In addition, the engine knows nothing about your +structure "``struct your_tfm_ctx``". The engine assumes (requires) the placement +of the known member ``struct crypto_engine`` at the beginning. + +Order of operations +------------------- +You are required to obtain a struct crypto_engine via ``crypto_engine_alloc_init()``. +Start it via ``crypto_engine_start()``. When finished with your work, shut down the +engine using ``crypto_engine_stop()`` and destroy the engine with +``crypto_engine_exit()``. + +Before transferring any request, you have to fill the context enginectx by +providing functions for the following: + +* ``prepare_cipher_request``/``prepare_hash_request``: Called before each + corresponding request is performed. If some processing or other preparatory + work is required, do it here. + +* ``unprepare_cipher_request``/``unprepare_hash_request``: Called after each + request is handled. Clean up / undo what was done in the prepare function. + +* ``cipher_one_request``/``hash_one_request``: Handle the current request by + performing the operation. + +Note that these functions access the crypto_async_request structure +associated with the received request. You are able to retrieve the original +request by using: + +:: + + container_of(areq, struct yourrequesttype_request, base); + +When your driver receives a crypto_request, you must to transfer it to +the crypto engine via one of: + +* crypto_transfer_aead_request_to_engine() + +* crypto_transfer_akcipher_request_to_engine() + +* crypto_transfer_hash_request_to_engine() + +* crypto_transfer_kpp_request_to_engine() + +* crypto_transfer_skcipher_request_to_engine() + +At the end of the request process, a call to one of the following functions is needed: + +* crypto_finalize_aead_request() + +* crypto_finalize_akcipher_request() + +* crypto_finalize_hash_request() + +* crypto_finalize_kpp_request() + +* crypto_finalize_skcipher_request() |
