Re: [PATCH] KVM: SVM: Assume a 64-bit hypercall for guests with protected state

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Mon May 24 2021 - 13:03:40 EST


On Mon, May 24, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 24/05/21 15:58, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> > > Would it hurt if we just move 'vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected' check
> > > to is_64_bit_mode() itself? It seems to be too easy to miss this
> > > peculiar detail about SEV in review if new is_64_bit_mode() users are to
> > > be added.
> > I thought about that, but wondered if is_64_bit_mode() was to be used in
> > other places in the future, if it would be a concern. I think it would be
> > safe since anyone adding it to a new section of code is likely to look at
> > what that function is doing first.
> >
> > I'm ok with this. Paolo, I know you already queued this, but would you
> > prefer moving the check into is_64_bit_mode()?
>
> Let's introduce a new wrapper is_64_bit_hypercall, and add a
> WARN_ON_ONCE(vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected) to is_64_bit_mode.

Can we introduce the WARN(s) in a separate patch, and deploy them much more
widely than just is_64_bit_mode()? I would like to have them lying in wait at
every path that should be unreachable, e.g. get/set segments, get_cpl(), etc...

Side topic, kvm_get_cs_db_l_bits() should be moved to svm.c. Functionally, it's
fine to have it as a vendor-agnostic helper, but practically speaking it should
never be called directly.