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-Adjunct Processor (AP) Device
-=============================
-
-Contents:
-=========
-* Introduction
-* AP Architectural Overview
-* Start Interpretive Execution (SIE) Instruction
-* AP Matrix Configuration on Linux Host
-* Starting a Linux Guest Configured with an AP Matrix
-* Example: Configure AP Matrices for Three Linux Guests
-
-Introduction:
-============
-The IBM Adjunct Processor (AP) Cryptographic Facility is comprised
-of three AP instructions and from 1 to 256 PCIe cryptographic adapter cards.
-These AP devices provide cryptographic functions to all CPUs assigned to a
-linux system running in an IBM Z system LPAR.
-
-On s390x, AP adapter cards are exposed via the AP bus. This document
-describes how those cards may be made available to KVM guests using the
-VFIO mediated device framework.
-
-AP Architectural Overview:
-=========================
-In order understand the terminology used in the rest of this document, let's
-start with some definitions:
-
-* AP adapter
-
- An AP adapter is an IBM Z adapter card that can perform cryptographic
- functions. There can be from 0 to 256 adapters assigned to an LPAR depending
- on the machine model. Adapters assigned to the LPAR in which a linux host is
- running will be available to the linux host. Each adapter is identified by a
- number from 0 to 255; however, the maximum adapter number allowed is
- determined by machine model. When installed, an AP adapter is accessed by
- AP instructions executed by any CPU.
-
-* AP domain
-
- An adapter is partitioned into domains. Each domain can be thought of as
- a set of hardware registers for processing AP instructions. An adapter can
- hold up to 256 domains; however, the maximum domain number allowed is
- determined by machine model. Each domain is identified by a number from 0 to
- 255. Domains can be further classified into two types:
-
- * Usage domains are domains that can be accessed directly to process AP
- commands
-
- * Control domains are domains that are accessed indirectly by AP
- commands sent to a usage domain to control or change the domain; for
- example, to set a secure private key for the domain.
-
-* AP Queue
-
- An AP queue is the means by which an AP command-request message is sent to an
- AP usage domain inside a specific AP. An AP queue is identified by a tuple
- comprised of an AP adapter ID (APID) and an AP queue index (APQI). The
- APQI corresponds to a given usage domain number within the adapter. This tuple
- forms an AP Queue Number (APQN) uniquely identifying an AP queue. AP
- instructions include a field containing the APQN to identify the AP queue to
- which the AP command-request message is to be sent for processing.
-
-* AP Instructions:
-
- There are three AP instructions:
-
- * NQAP: to enqueue an AP command-request message to a queue
- * DQAP: to dequeue an AP command-reply message from a queue
- * PQAP: to administer the queues
-
- AP instructions identify the domain that is targeted to process the AP
- command; this must be one of the usage domains. An AP command may modify a
- domain that is not one of the usage domains, but the modified domain
- must be one of the control domains.
-
-Start Interpretive Execution (SIE) Instruction
-==============================================
-A KVM guest is started by executing the Start Interpretive Execution (SIE)
-instruction. The SIE state description is a control block that contains the
-state information for a KVM guest and is supplied as input to the SIE
-instruction. The SIE state description contains a satellite control block called
-the Crypto Control Block (CRYCB). The CRYCB contains three fields to identify
-the adapters, usage domains and control domains assigned to the KVM guest:
-
-* The AP Mask (APM) field is a bit mask that identifies the AP adapters assigned
- to the KVM guest. Each bit in the mask, from left to right, corresponds to
- an APID from 0-255. If a bit is set, the corresponding adapter is valid for
- use by the KVM guest.
-
-* The AP Queue Mask (AQM) field is a bit mask identifying the AP usage domains
- assigned to the KVM guest. Each bit in the mask, from left to right,
- corresponds to an AP queue index (APQI) from 0-255. If a bit is set, the
- corresponding queue is valid for use by the KVM guest.
-
-* The AP Domain Mask field is a bit mask that identifies the AP control domains
- assigned to the KVM guest. The ADM bit mask controls which domains can be
- changed by an AP command-request message sent to a usage domain from the
- guest. Each bit in the mask, from left to right, corresponds to a domain from
- 0-255. If a bit is set, the corresponding domain can be modified by an AP
- command-request message sent to a usage domain.
-
-If you recall from the description of an AP Queue, AP instructions include
-an APQN to identify the AP adapter and AP queue to which an AP command-request
-message is to be sent (NQAP and PQAP instructions), or from which a
-command-reply message is to be received (DQAP instruction). The validity of an
-APQN is defined by the matrix calculated from the APM and AQM; it is the
-cross product of all assigned adapter numbers (APM) with all assigned queue
-indexes (AQM). For example, if adapters 1 and 2 and usage domains 5 and 6 are
-assigned to a guest, the APQNs (1,5), (1,6), (2,5) and (2,6) will be valid for
-the guest.
-
-The APQNs can provide secure key functionality - i.e., a private key is stored
-on the adapter card for each of its domains - so each APQN must be assigned to
-at most one guest or the linux host.
-
- Example 1: Valid configuration:
- ------------------------------
- Guest1: adapters 1,2 domains 5,6
- Guest2: adapter 1,2 domain 7
-
- This is valid because both guests have a unique set of APQNs: Guest1 has
- APQNs (1,5), (1,6), (2,5) and (2,6); Guest2 has APQNs (1,7) and (2,7).
-
- Example 2: Valid configuration:
- ------------------------------
- Guest1: adapters 1,2 domains 5,6
- Guest2: adapters 3,4 domains 5,6
-
- This is also valid because both guests have a unique set of APQNs:
- Guest1 has APQNs (1,5), (1,6), (2,5), (2,6);
- Guest2 has APQNs (3,5), (3,6), (4,5), (4,6)
-
- Example 3: Invalid configuration:
- --------------------------------
- Guest1: adapters 1,2 domains 5,6
- Guest2: adapter 1 domains 6,7
-
- This is an invalid configuration because both guests have access to
- APQN (1,6).
-
-AP Matrix Configuration on Linux Host:
-=====================================
-A linux system is a guest of the LPAR in which it is running and has access to
-the AP resources configured for the LPAR. The LPAR's AP matrix is
-configured via its Activation Profile which can be edited on the HMC. When the
-linux system is started, the AP bus will detect the AP devices assigned to the
-LPAR and create the following in sysfs:
-
-/sys/bus/ap
-... [devices]
-...... xx.yyyy
-...... ...
-...... cardxx
-...... ...
-
-Where:
- cardxx is AP adapter number xx (in hex)
-....xx.yyyy is an APQN with xx specifying the APID and yyyy specifying the
- APQI
-
-For example, if AP adapters 5 and 6 and domains 4, 71 (0x47), 171 (0xab) and
-255 (0xff) are configured for the LPAR, the sysfs representation on the linux
-host system would look like this:
-
-/sys/bus/ap
-... [devices]
-...... 05.0004
-...... 05.0047
-...... 05.00ab
-...... 05.00ff
-...... 06.0004
-...... 06.0047
-...... 06.00ab
-...... 06.00ff
-...... card05
-...... card06
-
-A set of default device drivers are also created to control each type of AP
-device that can be assigned to the LPAR on which a linux host is running:
-
-/sys/bus/ap
-... [drivers]
-...... [cex2acard] for Crypto Express 2/3 accelerator cards
-...... [cex2aqueue] for AP queues served by Crypto Express 2/3
- accelerator cards
-...... [cex4card] for Crypto Express 4/5/6 accelerator and coprocessor
- cards
-...... [cex4queue] for AP queues served by Crypto Express 4/5/6
- accelerator and coprocessor cards
-...... [pcixcccard] for Crypto Express 2/3 coprocessor cards
-...... [pcixccqueue] for AP queues served by Crypto Express 2/3
- coprocessor cards
-
-Binding AP devices to device drivers
-------------------------------------
-There are two sysfs files that specify bitmasks marking a subset of the APQN
-range as 'usable by the default AP queue device drivers' or 'not usable by the
-default device drivers' and thus available for use by the alternate device
-driver(s). The sysfs locations of the masks are:
-
- /sys/bus/ap/apmask
- /sys/bus/ap/aqmask
-
- The 'apmask' is a 256-bit mask that identifies a set of AP adapter IDs
- (APID). Each bit in the mask, from left to right (i.e., from most significant
- to least significant bit in big endian order), corresponds to an APID from
- 0-255. If a bit is set, the APID is marked as usable only by the default AP
- queue device drivers; otherwise, the APID is usable by the vfio_ap
- device driver.
-
- The 'aqmask' is a 256-bit mask that identifies a set of AP queue indexes
- (APQI). Each bit in the mask, from left to right (i.e., from most significant
- to least significant bit in big endian order), corresponds to an APQI from
- 0-255. If a bit is set, the APQI is marked as usable only by the default AP
- queue device drivers; otherwise, the APQI is usable by the vfio_ap device
- driver.
-
- Take, for example, the following mask:
-
- 0x7dffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
-
- It indicates:
-
- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 7-255 belong to the default drivers' pool, and 0 and 6
- belong to the vfio_ap device driver's pool.
-
- The APQN of each AP queue device assigned to the linux host is checked by the
- AP bus against the set of APQNs derived from the cross product of APIDs
- and APQIs marked as usable only by the default AP queue device drivers. If a
- match is detected, only the default AP queue device drivers will be probed;
- otherwise, the vfio_ap device driver will be probed.
-
- By default, the two masks are set to reserve all APQNs for use by the default
- AP queue device drivers. There are two ways the default masks can be changed:
-
- 1. The sysfs mask files can be edited by echoing a string into the
- respective sysfs mask file in one of two formats:
-
- * An absolute hex string starting with 0x - like "0x12345678" - sets
- the mask. If the given string is shorter than the mask, it is padded
- with 0s on the right; for example, specifying a mask value of 0x41 is
- the same as specifying:
-
- 0x4100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
-
- Keep in mind that the mask reads from left to right (i.e., most
- significant to least significant bit in big endian order), so the mask
- above identifies device numbers 1 and 7 (01000001).
-
- If the string is longer than the mask, the operation is terminated with
- an error (EINVAL).
-
- * Individual bits in the mask can be switched on and off by specifying
- each bit number to be switched in a comma separated list. Each bit
- number string must be prepended with a ('+') or minus ('-') to indicate
- the corresponding bit is to be switched on ('+') or off ('-'). Some
- valid values are:
-
- "+0" switches bit 0 on
- "-13" switches bit 13 off
- "+0x41" switches bit 65 on
- "-0xff" switches bit 255 off
-
- The following example:
- +0,-6,+0x47,-0xf0
-
- Switches bits 0 and 71 (0x47) on
- Switches bits 6 and 240 (0xf0) off
-
- Note that the bits not specified in the list remain as they were before
- the operation.
-
- 2. The masks can also be changed at boot time via parameters on the kernel
- command line like this:
-
- ap.apmask=0xffff ap.aqmask=0x40
-
- This would create the following masks:
-
- apmask:
- 0xffff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
-
- aqmask:
- 0x4000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
-
- Resulting in these two pools:
-
- default drivers pool: adapter 0-15, domain 1
- alternate drivers pool: adapter 16-255, domains 0, 2-255
-
-Configuring an AP matrix for a linux guest.
-------------------------------------------
-The sysfs interfaces for configuring an AP matrix for a guest are built on the
-VFIO mediated device framework. To configure an AP matrix for a guest, a
-mediated matrix device must first be created for the /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix
-device. When the vfio_ap device driver is loaded, it registers with the VFIO
-mediated device framework. When the driver registers, the sysfs interfaces for
-creating mediated matrix devices is created:
-
-/sys/devices
-... [vfio_ap]
-......[matrix]
-......... [mdev_supported_types]
-............ [vfio_ap-passthrough]
-............... create
-............... [devices]
-
-A mediated AP matrix device is created by writing a UUID to the attribute file
-named 'create', for example:
-
- uuidgen > create
-
- or
-
- echo $uuid > create
-
-When a mediated AP matrix device is created, a sysfs directory named after
-the UUID is created in the 'devices' subdirectory:
-
-/sys/devices
-... [vfio_ap]
-......[matrix]
-......... [mdev_supported_types]
-............ [vfio_ap-passthrough]
-............... create
-............... [devices]
-.................. [$uuid]
-
-There will also be three sets of attribute files created in the mediated
-matrix device's sysfs directory to configure an AP matrix for the
-KVM guest:
-
-/sys/devices
-... [vfio_ap]
-......[matrix]
-......... [mdev_supported_types]
-............ [vfio_ap-passthrough]
-............... create
-............... [devices]
-.................. [$uuid]
-..................... assign_adapter
-..................... assign_control_domain
-..................... assign_domain
-..................... matrix
-..................... unassign_adapter
-..................... unassign_control_domain
-..................... unassign_domain
-
-assign_adapter
- To assign an AP adapter to the mediated matrix device, its APID is written
- to the 'assign_adapter' file. This may be done multiple times to assign more
- than one adapter. The APID may be specified using conventional semantics
- as a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal number. For example, to assign adapters
- 4, 5 and 16 to a mediated matrix device in decimal, hexadecimal and octal
- respectively:
-
- echo 4 > assign_adapter
- echo 0x5 > assign_adapter
- echo 020 > assign_adapter
-
- In order to successfully assign an adapter:
-
- * The adapter number specified must represent a value from 0 up to the
- maximum adapter number allowed by the machine model. If an adapter number
- higher than the maximum is specified, the operation will terminate with
- an error (ENODEV).
-
- * All APQNs that can be derived from the adapter ID being assigned and the
- IDs of the previously assigned domains must be bound to the vfio_ap device
- driver. If no domains have yet been assigned, then there must be at least
- one APQN with the specified APID bound to the vfio_ap driver. If no such
- APQNs are bound to the driver, the operation will terminate with an
- error (EADDRNOTAVAIL).
-
- No APQN that can be derived from the adapter ID and the IDs of the
- previously assigned domains can be assigned to another mediated matrix
- device. If an APQN is assigned to another mediated matrix device, the
- operation will terminate with an error (EADDRINUSE).
-
-unassign_adapter
- To unassign an AP adapter, its APID is written to the 'unassign_adapter'
- file. This may also be done multiple times to unassign more than one adapter.
-
-assign_domain
- To assign a usage domain, the domain number is written into the
- 'assign_domain' file. This may be done multiple times to assign more than one
- usage domain. The domain number is specified using conventional semantics as
- a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal number. For example, to assign usage domains
- 4, 8, and 71 to a mediated matrix device in decimal, hexadecimal and octal
- respectively:
-
- echo 4 > assign_domain
- echo 0x8 > assign_domain
- echo 0107 > assign_domain
-
- In order to successfully assign a domain:
-
- * The domain number specified must represent a value from 0 up to the
- maximum domain number allowed by the machine model. If a domain number
- higher than the maximum is specified, the operation will terminate with
- an error (ENODEV).
-
- * All APQNs that can be derived from the domain ID being assigned and the IDs
- of the previously assigned adapters must be bound to the vfio_ap device
- driver. If no domains have yet been assigned, then there must be at least
- one APQN with the specified APQI bound to the vfio_ap driver. If no such
- APQNs are bound to the driver, the operation will terminate with an
- error (EADDRNOTAVAIL).
-
- No APQN that can be derived from the domain ID being assigned and the IDs
- of the previously assigned adapters can be assigned to another mediated
- matrix device. If an APQN is assigned to another mediated matrix device,
- the operation will terminate with an error (EADDRINUSE).
-
-unassign_domain
- To unassign a usage domain, the domain number is written into the
- 'unassign_domain' file. This may be done multiple times to unassign more than
- one usage domain.
-
-assign_control_domain
- To assign a control domain, the domain number is written into the
- 'assign_control_domain' file. This may be done multiple times to
- assign more than one control domain. The domain number may be specified using
- conventional semantics as a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal number. For
- example, to assign control domains 4, 8, and 71 to a mediated matrix device
- in decimal, hexadecimal and octal respectively:
-
- echo 4 > assign_domain
- echo 0x8 > assign_domain
- echo 0107 > assign_domain
-
- In order to successfully assign a control domain, the domain number
- specified must represent a value from 0 up to the maximum domain number
- allowed by the machine model. If a control domain number higher than the
- maximum is specified, the operation will terminate with an error (ENODEV).
-
-unassign_control_domain
- To unassign a control domain, the domain number is written into the
- 'unassign_domain' file. This may be done multiple times to unassign more than
- one control domain.
-
-Notes: No changes to the AP matrix will be allowed while a guest using
-the mediated matrix device is running. Attempts to assign an adapter,
-domain or control domain will be rejected and an error (EBUSY) returned.
-
-Starting a Linux Guest Configured with an AP Matrix:
-===================================================
-To provide a mediated matrix device for use by a guest, the following option
-must be specified on the QEMU command line:
-
- -device vfio_ap,sysfsdev=$path-to-mdev
-
-The sysfsdev parameter specifies the path to the mediated matrix device.
-There are a number of ways to specify this path:
-
-/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/$uuid
-/sys/bus/mdev/devices/$uuid
-/sys/bus/mdev/drivers/vfio_mdev/$uuid
-/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/mdev_supported_types/vfio_ap-passthrough/devices/$uuid
-
-When the linux guest is started, the guest will open the mediated
-matrix device's file descriptor to get information about the mediated matrix
-device. The vfio_ap device driver will update the APM, AQM, and ADM fields in
-the guest's CRYCB with the adapter, usage domain and control domains assigned
-via the mediated matrix device's sysfs attribute files. Programs running on the
-linux guest will then:
-
-1. Have direct access to the APQNs derived from the cross product of the AP
- adapter numbers (APID) and queue indexes (APQI) specified in the APM and AQM
- fields of the guests's CRYCB respectively. These APQNs identify the AP queues
- that are valid for use by the guest; meaning, AP commands can be sent by the
- guest to any of these queues for processing.
-
-2. Have authorization to process AP commands to change a control domain
- identified in the ADM field of the guest's CRYCB. The AP command must be sent
- to a valid APQN (see 1 above).
-
-CPU model features:
-
-Three CPU model features are available for controlling guest access to AP
-facilities:
-
-1. AP facilities feature
-
- The AP facilities feature indicates that AP facilities are installed on the
- guest. This feature will be exposed for use only if the AP facilities
- are installed on the host system. The feature is s390-specific and is
- represented as a parameter of the -cpu option on the QEMU command line:
-
- qemu-system-s390x -cpu $model,ap=on|off
-
- Where:
-
- $model is the CPU model defined for the guest (defaults to the model of
- the host system if not specified).
-
- ap=on|off indicates whether AP facilities are installed (on) or not
- (off). The default for CPU models zEC12 or newer
- is ap=on. AP facilities must be installed on the guest if a
- vfio-ap device (-device vfio-ap,sysfsdev=$path) is configured
- for the guest, or the guest will fail to start.
-
-2. Query Configuration Information (QCI) facility
-
- The QCI facility is used by the AP bus running on the guest to query the
- configuration of the AP facilities. This facility will be available
- only if the QCI facility is installed on the host system. The feature is
- s390-specific and is represented as a parameter of the -cpu option on the
- QEMU command line:
-
- qemu-system-s390x -cpu $model,apqci=on|off
-
- Where:
-
- $model is the CPU model defined for the guest
-
- apqci=on|off indicates whether the QCI facility is installed (on) or
- not (off). The default for CPU models zEC12 or newer
- is apqci=on; for older models, QCI will not be installed.
-
- If QCI is installed (apqci=on) but AP facilities are not
- (ap=off), an error message will be logged, but the guest
- will be allowed to start. It makes no sense to have QCI
- installed if the AP facilities are not; this is considered
- an invalid configuration.
-
- If the QCI facility is not installed, APQNs with an APQI
- greater than 15 will not be detected by the AP bus
- running on the guest.
-
-3. Adjunct Process Facility Test (APFT) facility
-
- The APFT facility is used by the AP bus running on the guest to test the
- AP facilities available for a given AP queue. This facility will be available
- only if the APFT facility is installed on the host system. The feature is
- s390-specific and is represented as a parameter of the -cpu option on the
- QEMU command line:
-
- qemu-system-s390x -cpu $model,apft=on|off
-
- Where:
-
- $model is the CPU model defined for the guest (defaults to the model of
- the host system if not specified).
-
- apft=on|off indicates whether the APFT facility is installed (on) or
- not (off). The default for CPU models zEC12 and
- newer is apft=on for older models, APFT will not be
- installed.
-
- If APFT is installed (apft=on) but AP facilities are not
- (ap=off), an error message will be logged, but the guest
- will be allowed to start. It makes no sense to have APFT
- installed if the AP facilities are not; this is considered
- an invalid configuration.
-
- It also makes no sense to turn APFT off because the AP bus
- running on the guest will not detect CEX4 and newer devices
- without it. Since only CEX4 and newer devices are supported
- for guest usage, no AP devices can be made accessible to a
- guest started without APFT installed.
-
-Hot plug a vfio-ap device into a running guest:
-==============================================
-Only one vfio-ap device can be attached to the virtual machine's ap-bus, so a
-vfio-ap device can be hot plugged if and only if no vfio-ap device is attached
-to the bus already, whether via the QEMU command line or a prior hot plug
-action.
-
-To hot plug a vfio-ap device, use the QEMU device_add command:
-
- (qemu) device_add vfio-ap,sysfsdev="$path-to-mdev"
-
- Where the '$path-to-mdev' value specifies the absolute path to a mediated
- device to which AP resources to be used by the guest have been assigned.
-
-Note that on Linux guests, the AP devices will be created in the
-/sys/bus/ap/devices directory when the AP bus subsequently performs its periodic
-scan, so there may be a short delay before the AP devices are accessible on the
-guest.
-
-The command will fail if:
-
-* A vfio-ap device has already been attached to the virtual machine's ap-bus.
-
-* The CPU model features for controlling guest access to AP facilities are not
- enabled (see 'CPU model features' subsection in the previous section).
-
-Hot unplug a vfio-ap device from a running guest:
-================================================
-A vfio-ap device can be unplugged from a running KVM guest if a vfio-ap device
-has been attached to the virtual machine's ap-bus via the QEMU command line
-or a prior hot plug action.
-
-To hot unplug a vfio-ap device, use the QEMU device_del command:
-
- (qemu) device_del vfio-ap,sysfsdev="$path-to-mdev"
-
- Where $path-to-mdev is the same as the path specified when the vfio-ap
- device was attached to the virtual machine's ap-bus.
-
-On a Linux guest, the AP devices will be removed from the /sys/bus/ap/devices
-directory on the guest when the AP bus subsequently performs its periodic scan,
-so there may be a short delay before the AP devices are no longer accessible by
-the guest.
-
-The command will fail if the $path-to-mdev specified on the device_del command
-does not match the value specified when the vfio-ap device was attached to
-the virtual machine's ap-bus.
-
-Example: Configure AP Matrixes for Three Linux Guests:
-=====================================================
-Let's now provide an example to illustrate how KVM guests may be given
-access to AP facilities. For this example, we will show how to configure
-three guests such that executing the lszcrypt command on the guests would
-look like this:
-
-Guest1
-------
-CARD.DOMAIN TYPE MODE
-------------------------------
-05 CEX5C CCA-Coproc
-05.0004 CEX5C CCA-Coproc
-05.00ab CEX5C CCA-Coproc
-06 CEX5A Accelerator
-06.0004 CEX5A Accelerator
-06.00ab CEX5C CCA-Coproc
-
-Guest2
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-CARD.DOMAIN TYPE MODE
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-05 CEX5A Accelerator
-05.0047 CEX5A Accelerator
-05.00ff CEX5A Accelerator (5,4), (5,171), (6,4), (6,171),
-
-Guest3
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-CARD.DOMAIN TYPE MODE
-------------------------------
-06 CEX5A Accelerator
-06.0047 CEX5A Accelerator
-06.00ff CEX5A Accelerator
-
-These are the steps:
-
-1. Install the vfio_ap module on the linux host. The dependency chain for the
- vfio_ap module is:
- * iommu
- * s390
- * zcrypt
- * vfio
- * vfio_mdev
- * vfio_mdev_device
- * KVM
-
- To build the vfio_ap module, the kernel build must be configured with the
- following Kconfig elements selected:
- * IOMMU_SUPPORT
- * S390
- * ZCRYPT
- * S390_AP_IOMMU
- * VFIO
- * VFIO_MDEV
- * VFIO_MDEV_DEVICE
- * KVM
-
- If using make menuconfig select the following to build the vfio_ap module:
- -> Device Drivers
- -> IOMMU Hardware Support
- select S390 AP IOMMU Support
- -> VFIO Non-Privileged userspace driver framework
- -> Mediated device driver framework
- -> VFIO driver for Mediated devices
- -> I/O subsystem
- -> VFIO support for AP devices
-
-2. Secure the AP queues to be used by the three guests so that the host can not
- access them. To secure the AP queues 05.0004, 05.0047, 05.00ab, 05.00ff,
- 06.0004, 06.0047, 06.00ab, and 06.00ff for use by the vfio_ap device driver,
- the corresponding APQNs must be removed from the default queue drivers pool
- as follows:
-
- echo -5,-6 > /sys/bus/ap/apmask
-
- echo -4,-0x47,-0xab,-0xff > /sys/bus/ap/aqmask
-
- This will result in AP queues 05.0004, 05.0047, 05.00ab, 05.00ff, 06.0004,
- 06.0047, 06.00ab, and 06.00ff getting bound to the vfio_ap device driver. The
- sysfs directory for the vfio_ap device driver will now contain symbolic links
- to the AP queue devices bound to it:
-
- /sys/bus/ap
- ... [drivers]
- ...... [vfio_ap]
- ......... [05.0004]
- ......... [05.0047]
- ......... [05.00ab]
- ......... [05.00ff]
- ......... [06.0004]
- ......... [06.0047]
- ......... [06.00ab]
- ......... [06.00ff]
-
- Keep in mind that only type 10 and newer adapters (i.e., CEX4 and later)
- can be bound to the vfio_ap device driver. The reason for this is to
- simplify the implementation by not needlessly complicating the design by
- supporting older devices that will go out of service in the relatively near
- future, and for which there are few older systems on which to test.
-
- The administrator, therefore, must take care to secure only AP queues that
- can be bound to the vfio_ap device driver. The device type for a given AP
- queue device can be read from the parent card's sysfs directory. For example,
- to see the hardware type of the queue 05.0004:
-
- cat /sys/bus/ap/devices/card05/hwtype
-
- The hwtype must be 10 or higher (CEX4 or newer) in order to be bound to the
- vfio_ap device driver.
-
-3. Create the mediated devices needed to configure the AP matrixes for the
- three guests and to provide an interface to the vfio_ap driver for
- use by the guests:
-
- /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/
- --- [mdev_supported_types]
- ------ [vfio_ap-passthrough] (passthrough mediated matrix device type)
- --------- create
- --------- [devices]
-
- To create the mediated devices for the three guests:
-
- uuidgen > create
- uuidgen > create
- uuidgen > create
-
- or
-
- echo $uuid1 > create
- echo $uuid2 > create
- echo $uuid3 > create
-
- This will create three mediated devices in the [devices] subdirectory named
- after the UUID used to create the mediated device. We'll call them $uuid1,
- $uuid2 and $uuid3 and this is the sysfs directory structure after creation:
-
- /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/
- --- [mdev_supported_types]
- ------ [vfio_ap-passthrough]
- --------- [devices]
- ------------ [$uuid1]
- --------------- assign_adapter
- --------------- assign_control_domain
- --------------- assign_domain
- --------------- matrix
- --------------- unassign_adapter
- --------------- unassign_control_domain
- --------------- unassign_domain
-
- ------------ [$uuid2]
- --------------- assign_adapter
- --------------- assign_control_domain
- --------------- assign_domain
- --------------- matrix
- --------------- unassign_adapter
- ----------------unassign_control_domain
- ----------------unassign_domain
-
- ------------ [$uuid3]
- --------------- assign_adapter
- --------------- assign_control_domain
- --------------- assign_domain
- --------------- matrix
- --------------- unassign_adapter
- ----------------unassign_control_domain
- ----------------unassign_domain
-
-4. The administrator now needs to configure the matrixes for the mediated
- devices $uuid1 (for Guest1), $uuid2 (for Guest2) and $uuid3 (for Guest3).
-
- This is how the matrix is configured for Guest1:
-
- echo 5 > assign_adapter
- echo 6 > assign_adapter
- echo 4 > assign_domain
- echo 0xab > assign_domain
-
- Control domains can similarly be assigned using the assign_control_domain
- sysfs file.
-
- If a mistake is made configuring an adapter, domain or control domain,
- you can use the unassign_xxx interfaces to unassign the adapter, domain or
- control domain.
-
- To display the matrix configuration for Guest1:
-
- cat matrix
-
- The output will display the APQNs in the format xx.yyyy, where xx is
- the adapter number and yyyy is the domain number. The output for Guest1
- will look like this:
-
- 05.0004
- 05.00ab
- 06.0004
- 06.00ab
-
- This is how the matrix is configured for Guest2:
-
- echo 5 > assign_adapter
- echo 0x47 > assign_domain
- echo 0xff > assign_domain
-
- This is how the matrix is configured for Guest3:
-
- echo 6 > assign_adapter
- echo 0x47 > assign_domain
- echo 0xff > assign_domain
-
-5. Start Guest1:
-
- /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x ... -cpu host,ap=on,apqci=on,apft=on \
- -device vfio-ap,sysfsdev=/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/$uuid1 ...
-
-7. Start Guest2:
-
- /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x ... -cpu host,ap=on,apqci=on,apft=on \
- -device vfio-ap,sysfsdev=/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/$uuid2 ...
-
-7. Start Guest3:
-
- /usr/bin/qemu-system-s390x ... -cpu host,ap=on,apqci=on,apft=on \
- -device vfio-ap,sysfsdev=/sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/$uuid3 ...
-
-When the guest is shut down, the mediated matrix devices may be removed.
-
-Using our example again, to remove the mediated matrix device $uuid1:
-
- /sys/devices/vfio_ap/matrix/
- --- [mdev_supported_types]
- ------ [vfio_ap-passthrough]
- --------- [devices]
- ------------ [$uuid1]
- --------------- remove
-
-
- echo 1 > remove
-
- This will remove all of the mdev matrix device's sysfs structures including
- the mdev device itself. To recreate and reconfigure the mdev matrix device,
- all of the steps starting with step 3 will have to be performed again. Note
- that the remove will fail if a guest using the mdev is still running.
-
- It is not necessary to remove an mdev matrix device, but one may want to
- remove it if no guest will use it during the remaining lifetime of the linux
- host. If the mdev matrix device is removed, one may want to also reconfigure
- the pool of adapters and queues reserved for use by the default drivers.
-
-Limitations
-===========
-* The KVM/kernel interfaces do not provide a way to prevent restoring an APQN
- to the default drivers pool of a queue that is still assigned to a mediated
- device in use by a guest. It is incumbent upon the administrator to
- ensure there is no mediated device in use by a guest to which the APQN is
- assigned lest the host be given access to the private data of the AP queue
- device, such as a private key configured specifically for the guest.
-
-* Dynamically assigning AP resources to or unassigning AP resources from a
- mediated matrix device - see 'Configuring an AP matrix for a linux guest'
- section above - while a running guest is using it is currently not supported.
-
-* Live guest migration is not supported for guests using AP devices. If a guest
- is using AP devices, the vfio-ap device configured for the guest must be
- unplugged before migrating the guest (see 'Hot unplug a vfio-ap device from a
- running guest' section above.