[PATCH] KVM: x86/mmu: Warn on nx_huge_pages when initializing kvm

From: Li Yu
Date: Tue Oct 19 2021 - 08:19:08 EST


Add warning when `nx_huge_pages` is enabled by kvm mmu for hint that
huge pages may be splited by kernel.

Signed-off-by: Li Yu <liyu.yukiteru@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 7 ++++++-
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 1a64ba5b9437..b75dbaf29f2d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -6091,12 +6091,17 @@ static int set_nx_huge_pages(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
return 0;
}

+#define ITLB_MULTIHIT_MSG "iTLB multi-hit CPU bug present and cpu mitigations enabled, huge pages may be splited by kernel for security. See CVE-2018-12207 and https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/multihit.html for details.\n"
+
int kvm_mmu_module_init(void)
{
int ret = -ENOMEM;

- if (nx_huge_pages == -1)
+ if (nx_huge_pages == -1) {
__set_nx_huge_pages(get_nx_auto_mode());
+ if (is_nx_huge_page_enabled())
+ pr_warn_once(ITLB_MULTIHIT_MSG);
+ }

/*
* MMU roles use union aliasing which is, generally speaking, an
--
2.11.0