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Historically, x86 platforms have booted secondary processors (APs) using INIT followed by the start up IPI (SIPI) messages. In regular VMs, this boot sequence is supported by the VMM emulation. But such a wakeup model is fatal for secure VMs like TDX in which VMM is an untrusted entity. To address this issue, a new wakeup model was added in ACPI v6.4, in which firmware (like TDX virtual BIOS) will help boot the APs. More details about this wakeup model can be found in ACPI specification v6.4, the section titled "Multiprocessor Wakeup Structure". Since the existing trampoline code requires processors to boot in real mode with 16-bit addressing, it will not work for this wakeup model (because it boots the AP in 64-bit mode). To handle it, extend the trampoline code to support 64-bit mode firmware handoff. Also, extend IDT and GDT pointers to support 64-bit mode hand off. There is no TDX-specific detection for this new boot method. The kernel will rely on it as the sole boot method whenever the new ACPI structure is present. The ACPI table parser for the MADT multiprocessor wake up structure and the wakeup method that uses this structure will be added by the following patch in this series. Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220405232939.73860-21-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.