Re: [RFC PATCH 20/35] KVM: SVM: Add SEV/SEV-ES support for intercepting INVD

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Mon Sep 14 2020 - 18:00:59 EST


On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 03:15:34PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> From: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
>
> The INVD instruction intercept performs emulation. Emulation can't be done
> on an SEV or SEV-ES guest because the guest memory is encrypted.
>
> Provide a specific intercept routine for the INVD intercept. Within this
> intercept routine, skip the instruction for an SEV or SEV-ES guest since
> it is emulated as a NOP anyway.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 13 ++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index 37c98e85aa62..ac64a5b128b2 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -2275,6 +2275,17 @@ static int iret_interception(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> return 1;
> }
>
> +static int invd_interception(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> +{
> + /*
> + * Can't do emulation on any type of SEV guest and INVD is emulated
> + * as a NOP, so just skip it.
> + */
> + return (sev_guest(svm->vcpu.kvm))

Should this be a standalone/backported fix for SEV?

> + ? kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(&svm->vcpu)
> + : kvm_emulate_instruction(&svm->vcpu, 0);
> +}
> +
> static int invlpg_interception(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> {
> if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_DECODEASSISTS))
> @@ -2912,7 +2923,7 @@ static int (*const svm_exit_handlers[])(struct vcpu_svm *svm) = {
> [SVM_EXIT_RDPMC] = rdpmc_interception,
> [SVM_EXIT_CPUID] = cpuid_interception,
> [SVM_EXIT_IRET] = iret_interception,
> - [SVM_EXIT_INVD] = emulate_on_interception,
> + [SVM_EXIT_INVD] = invd_interception,
> [SVM_EXIT_PAUSE] = pause_interception,
> [SVM_EXIT_HLT] = halt_interception,
> [SVM_EXIT_INVLPG] = invlpg_interception,
> --
> 2.28.0
>