Re: [RFC PATCH v2 18/20] x86/kvm: Enable Secure Memory Encryption of nested page tables

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Mon Sep 12 2016 - 10:36:33 EST


On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 05:38:49PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> Update the KVM support to include the memory encryption mask when creating
> and using nested page tables.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 3 ++-
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c | 8 ++++++--
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 3 ++-
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 ++-
> 4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 33ae3a4..c51c1cb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -1039,7 +1039,8 @@ void kvm_mmu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> void kvm_mmu_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
> void kvm_mmu_uninit_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
> void kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(u64 user_mask, u64 accessed_mask,
> - u64 dirty_mask, u64 nx_mask, u64 x_mask, u64 p_mask);
> + u64 dirty_mask, u64 nx_mask, u64 x_mask, u64 p_mask,
> + u64 me_mask);

Why do you need a separate mask?

arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c::set_spte() ORs in shadow_present_mask
unconditionally. So you can simply do:


kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(PT_USER_MASK, PT_ACCESSED_MASK,
PT_DIRTY_MASK, PT64_NX_MASK, 0,
PT_PRESENT_MASK | sme_me_mask);

and have this change much simpler.

> void kvm_mmu_reset_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
> void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> index 3d4cc8cc..a7040f4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ module_param(dbg, bool, 0644);
> * PT32_LEVEL_BITS))) - 1))
>
> #define PT64_PERM_MASK (PT_PRESENT_MASK | PT_WRITABLE_MASK | shadow_user_mask \
> - | shadow_x_mask | shadow_nx_mask)
> + | shadow_x_mask | shadow_nx_mask | shadow_me_mask)

This would be sme_me_mask, of course, like with the baremetal masks.

Or am I missing something?

--
Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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