[PATCH v9 04/19] x86: Secure Launch Resource Table header file
ross.philipson at oracle.com
ross.philipson at oracle.com
Tue Jun 4 16:00:01 PDT 2024
On 6/4/24 3:36 PM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
> On Tue Jun 4, 2024 at 11:31 PM EEST, wrote:
>> On 6/4/24 11:21 AM, Jarkko Sakkinen wrote:
>>> On Fri May 31, 2024 at 4:03 AM EEST, Ross Philipson wrote:
>>>> Introduce the Secure Launch Resource Table which forms the formal
>>>> interface between the pre and post launch code.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Ross Philipson <ross.philipson at oracle.com>
>>>
>>> If a uarch specific, I'd appreciate Intel SDM reference here so that I
>>> can look it up and compare. Like in section granularity.
>>
>> This table is meant to not be architecture specific though it can
>> contain architecture specific sub-entities. E.g. there is a TXT specific
>> table and in the future there will be an AMD and ARM one (and hopefully
>> some others). I hope that addresses what you are pointing out or maybe I
>> don't fully understand what you mean here...
>
> At least Intel SDM has a definition of any possible architecture
> specific data structure. It is handy to also have this available
> in inline comment for any possible such structure pointing out the
> section where it is defined.
The TXT specific structure is not defined in the SDM or the TXT dev
guide. Part of it is driven by requirements in the TXT dev guide but
that guide does not contain implementation details.
That said, if you would like links to relevant documents in the comments
before arch specific structures, I can add them.
Ross
>
> BR, Jarkko
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