linux/Documentation/virt
Sean Christopherson 89ea60c2c7 KVM: x86: Add support for "protected VMs" that can utilize private memory
Add a new x86 VM type, KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM, to serve as a development
and testing vehicle for Confidential (CoCo) VMs, and potentially to even
become a "real" product in the distant future, e.g. a la pKVM.

The private memory support in KVM x86 is aimed at AMD's SEV-SNP and
Intel's TDX, but those technologies are extremely complex (understatement),
difficult to debug, don't support running as nested guests, and require
hardware that's isn't universally accessible.  I.e. relying SEV-SNP or TDX
for maintaining guest private memory isn't a realistic option.

At the very least, KVM_X86_SW_PROTECTED_VM will enable a variety of
selftests for guest_memfd and private memory support without requiring
unique hardware.

Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Message-Id: <20231027182217.3615211-24-seanjc@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Tested-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
2023-11-14 08:01:05 -05:00
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acrn docs: acrn: Introduce ACRN 2021-02-09 10:58:18 +01:00
coco x86/sev: Change snp_guest_issue_request()'s fw_err argument 2023-03-21 15:43:19 +01:00
hyperv Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
kvm KVM: x86: Add support for "protected VMs" that can utilize private memory 2023-11-14 08:01:05 -05:00
uml Documentation: Fix typos 2023-08-18 11:29:03 -06:00
guest-halt-polling.rst Documentation: virt: correct location of haltpoll module params 2023-06-16 08:17:21 -06:00
index.rst Docs/subsystem-apis: Remove '[The ]Linux' prefixes from titles of listed documents 2023-01-24 15:27:08 -07:00
ne_overview.rst nitro_enclaves: Update documentation for Arm64 support 2021-09-14 11:11:20 +02:00
paravirt_ops.rst Documentation: virt: Clean up paravirt_ops doc 2023-06-19 12:09:54 +02:00