PROTECTING HOST MEMORY FROM ACCESS BY UNTRUSTED ACCELERATORS

    公开(公告)号:US20190018800A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-17

    申请号:US15650252

    申请日:2017-07-14

    Abstract: A host processor receives an address translation request from an accelerator, which may be trusted or un-trusted. The address translation request includes a virtual address in a virtual address space that is shared by the host processor and the accelerator. The host processor encrypts a physical address in a host memory indicated by the virtual address in response to the accelerator being permitted to access the physical address. The host processor then provides the encrypted physical address to the accelerator. The accelerator provides memory access requests including the encrypted physical address to the host processor, which decrypts the physical address and selectively accesses a location in the host memory indicated by the decrypted physical address depending upon whether the accelerator is permitted to access the location indicated by the decrypted physical address.

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