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drivers/s390/char: Add Ultravisor io device
authorSteffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Mon, 16 May 2022 11:33:35 +0000 (11:33 +0000)
committerJanosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Fri, 20 May 2022 14:38:35 +0000 (16:38 +0200)
commit0dadb4e4764618ff44849ab11cbf0bf539d06622
treee76b156702241c464684e2f0a5f0a07409b0318f
parentc02c8228f39a35a18b7da5bed4327a96bdd1c782
drivers/s390/char: Add Ultravisor io device

This patch adds a new miscdevice to expose some Ultravisor functions
to userspace. Userspace can send IOCTLs to the uvdevice that will then
emit a corresponding Ultravisor Call and hands the result over to
userspace. The uvdevice is available if the Ultravisor Call facility is
present.
Userspace can call the Retrieve Attestation Measurement
Ultravisor Call using IOCTLs on the uvdevice.

The uvdevice will do some sanity checks first.
Then, copy the request data to kernel space, build the UVCB,
perform the UV call, and copy the result back to userspace.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Eiden <seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@linux.ibm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20220516113335.338212-1-seiden@linux.ibm.com/
Message-Id: <20220516113335.338212-1-seiden@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Janosch Frank <frankja@linux.ibm.com> (whitespace and tristate fixes, pick)
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arch/s390/include/asm/uv.h
arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/uvdevice.h [new file with mode: 0644]
drivers/s390/char/Kconfig
drivers/s390/char/Makefile
drivers/s390/char/uvdevice.c [new file with mode: 0644]