Re: [PATCH v6 4/8] KVM: VMX: Pass through CET related MSRs to Guest

[Sean Christopherson]

On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 11:12:42AM +0800, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> CET MSRs pass through Guest directly to enhance performance.
> CET runtime control settings are stored in MSR_IA32_{U,S}_CET,
> Shadow Stack Pointer(SSP) are stored in MSR_IA32_PL{0,1,2,3}_SSP,
> SSP table base address is stored in MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB,
> these MSRs are defined in kernel and re-used here.
> 
> MSR_IA32_U_CET and MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP are used for user mode protection,
> the contents could differ from process to process, therefore,
> kernel needs to save/restore them during context switch, it makes
> sense to pass through them so that the guest kernel can
> use xsaves/xrstors to operate them efficiently. Other MSRs are used
> for non-user mode protection. See CET spec for detailed info.
> 
> The difference between CET VMCS state fields and xsave components is that,
> the former used for CET state storage during VMEnter/VMExit,
> whereas the latter used for state retention between Guest task/process
> switch.
> 
> Co-developed-by: Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index ce1d6fe21780..ce5d1e45b7a5 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -6952,6 +6952,7 @@ static void update_intel_pt_cfg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  static void vmx_cpuid_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  {
>  	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
> +	unsigned long *msr_bitmap;
>  
>  	if (cpu_has_secondary_exec_ctrls()) {
>  		vmx_compute_secondary_exec_control(vmx);
> @@ -6973,6 +6974,19 @@ static void vmx_cpuid_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_INTEL_PT) &&
>  			guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_INTEL_PT))
>  		update_intel_pt_cfg(vcpu);
> +
> +	msr_bitmap = vmx->vmcs01.msr_bitmap;
> +
> +	if (guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) ||
> +	    guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBT)) {

These should be exposed to the guest if and only if they're supported in
the host and guest, i.e. kvm_supported_xss() needs to be checked.  And,
again assuming USER and KERNEL can be virtualized independently, the logic
needs to account for exposting USER but KERNEL and vice versa.

> +		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_U_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> +		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_S_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> +		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> +		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> +		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL1_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> +		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL2_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> +		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);

The SSP MSRs should only be passed through if the guest has SHSTK, e.g.
KVM should intercept RDMSR and WRMSR to inject #GP in those cases.

> +	}
>  }
>  
>  static void vmx_set_supported_cpuid(u32 func, struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry)
> -- 
> 2.17.2
>