Re: [PATCH v2 08/17] x86/hyperv: handling hypercall page setup for root

From: Wei Liu
Date: Fri Nov 13 2020 - 10:33:47 EST


On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 04:51:09PM +0100, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Wei Liu <wei.liu@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > When Linux is running as the root partition, the hypercall page will
> > have already been setup by Hyper-V. Copy the content over to the
> > allocated page.
> >
> > The suspend, resume and cleanup paths remain untouched because they are
> > not supported in this setup yet.
>
> What about adding BUG_ONs there then?

I generally avoid cluttering code if I'm sure it definitely does not
work.

In any case, adding BUG_ONs is not the right answer. Both hv_suspend and
hv_resume can return an error code. I would rather just do

if (hv_root_partition)
return -EPERM;

in both places.

And also make hv_is_hibernation_supported return false when Linux is the
root partition.

> > +
> > + if (hv_root_partition) {
> > + struct page *pg;
> > + void *src, *dst;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * For the root partition, the hypervisor will set up its
> > + * hypercall page. The hypervisor guarantees it will not show
> > + * up in the root's address space. The root can't change the
> > + * location of the hypercall page.
> > + *
> > + * Order is important here. We must enable the hypercall page
> > + * so it is populated with code, then copy the code to an
> > + * executable page.
> > + */
> > + wrmsrl(HV_X64_MSR_HYPERCALL, hypercall_msr.as_uint64);
> > +
> > + pg = vmalloc_to_page(hv_hypercall_pg);
> > + dst = kmap(pg);
> > + src = memremap(hypercall_msr.guest_physical_address << PAGE_SHIFT, PAGE_SIZE,
> > + MEMREMAP_WB);
> > + BUG_ON(!(src && dst));
> > + memcpy(dst, src, PAGE_SIZE);
>
> Super-nit: while on x86 PAGE_SIZE always matches HV_HYP_PAGE_SIZE, would
> it be more accurate to use the later here?

Sure. That can be done.

Wei.