Re: [patch] percpu: Separate decrypted varaibles anytime encryption can be enabled

From: Dennis Zhou
Date: Fri Dec 13 2019 - 18:37:12 EST


Hi David,

On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 01:31:46PM -0800, David Rientjes wrote:
> From: Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION may not be enabled for memory encrypted guests. If
> disabled, decrypted per-CPU variables may end up sharing the same page
> with variables that should be left encrypted.
>
> Always separate per-CPU variables that should be decrypted into their own
> page anytime memory encryption can be enabled in the guest rather than
> rely on any other config option that may not be enabled.
>
> Fixes: ac26963a1175 ("percpu: Introduce DEFINE_PER_CPU_DECRYPTED")
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.15+
> Signed-off-by: Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/percpu-defs.h | 3 +--
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
> --- a/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/percpu-defs.h
> @@ -175,8 +175,7 @@
> * Declaration/definition used for per-CPU variables that should be accessed
> * as decrypted when memory encryption is enabled in the guest.
> */
> -#if defined(CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION) && defined(CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT)
> -
> +#ifdef CONFIG_AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT
> #define DECLARE_PER_CPU_DECRYPTED(type, name) \
> DECLARE_PER_CPU_SECTION(type, name, "..decrypted")
>

Applied to for-5.6.

Thanks,
Dennis