Re: [PATCH v6 14/14] KVM: x86: Add kexec support for SEV Live Migration.

[Krish Sadhukhan]

On 3/29/20 11:23 PM, Ashish Kalra wrote:
> From: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@xxxxxxx>
>
> Reset the host's page encryption bitmap related to kernel
> specific page encryption status settings before we load a
> new kernel by kexec. We cannot reset the complete
> page encryption bitmap here as we need to retain the
> UEFI/OVMF firmware specific settings.


Can the commit message mention why host page encryption needs to be 
reset ? Since the theme of these patches is guest migration in-SEV 
context, it might be useful to mention why the host context comes in here.

> Signed-off-by: Ashish Kalra <ashish.kalra@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> index 8fcee0b45231..ba6cce3c84af 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
>   #include <asm/hypervisor.h>
>   #include <asm/tlb.h>
>   #include <asm/cpuidle_haltpoll.h>
> +#include <asm/e820/api.h>
>   
>   static int kvmapf = 1;
>   
> @@ -357,6 +358,33 @@ static void kvm_pv_guest_cpu_reboot(void *unused)
>   	 */
>   	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_EOI))
>   		wrmsrl(MSR_KVM_PV_EOI_EN, 0);
> +	/*
> +	 * Reset the host's page encryption bitmap related to kernel
> +	 * specific page encryption status settings before we load a
> +	 * new kernel by kexec. NOTE: We cannot reset the complete
> +	 * page encryption bitmap here as we need to retain the
> +	 * UEFI/OVMF firmware specific settings.
> +	 */
> +	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_SEV_LIVE_MIGRATION) &&
> +		(smp_processor_id() == 0)) {
> +		unsigned long nr_pages;
> +		int i;
> +
> +		for (i = 0; i < e820_table->nr_entries; i++) {
> +			struct e820_entry *entry = &e820_table->entries[i];
> +			unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn;
> +
> +			if (entry->type != E820_TYPE_RAM)
> +				continue;
> +
> +			start_pfn = entry->addr >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +			end_pfn = (entry->addr + entry->size) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> +			nr_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(entry->size, PAGE_SIZE);
> +
> +			kvm_sev_hypercall3(KVM_HC_PAGE_ENC_STATUS,
> +				entry->addr, nr_pages, 1);
> +		}
> +	}
>   	kvm_pv_disable_apf();
>   	kvm_disable_steal_time();
>   }