Re: [PATCH v4.1] KVM, SEV: Add KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN metadata for SEV-ES

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Thu Apr 07 2022 - 22:56:06 EST


On Thu, Apr 07, 2022, Peter Gonda wrote:
> If an SEV-ES guest requests termination, exit to userspace with
> KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT and a dedicated SEV_TERM type instead of -EINVAL
> so that userspace can take appropriate action.
>
> See AMD's GHCB spec section '4.1.13 Termination Request' for more details.

Maybe it'll be obvious by the lack of compilation errors, but the changelog should
call out the flags => ndata+data shenanigans, otherwise this looks like ABI breakage.

> Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Peter Gonda <pgonda@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> V4
> * Updated to Sean and Paolo's suggestion of reworking the
> kvm_run.system_event struct to ndata and data fields to fix the
> padding.
> * 4.1 Updated commit description
>
> V3
> * Add Documentation/ update.
> * Updated other KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN exits to clear ndata and set reason
> to KVM_SHUTDOWN_REQ.
>
> V2
> * Add KVM_CAP_EXIT_SHUTDOWN_REASON check for KVM_CHECK_EXTENSION.
>
> Tested by making an SEV-ES guest call sev_es_terminate() with hardcoded
> reason code set and reason code and then observing the codes from the
> userspace VMM in the kvm_run.shutdown.data fields.
>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 9 +++++++--
> include/uapi/linux/kvm.h | 5 ++++-
> 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> index 75fa6dd268f0..1a080f3f09d8 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
> @@ -2735,8 +2735,13 @@ static int sev_handle_vmgexit_msr_protocol(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
> pr_info("SEV-ES guest requested termination: %#llx:%#llx\n",
> reason_set, reason_code);
>
> - ret = -EINVAL;
> - break;
> + vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT;
> + vcpu->run->system_event.type = KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SEV_TERM |
> + KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_NDATA_VALID;
> + vcpu->run->system_event.ndata = 1;
> + vcpu->run->system_event.data[1] = control->ghcb_gpa;
> +
> + return 0;

Kinda silly, but

ret = 0;
break;

would be better so that this flows through the tracepoint. I wouldn't care much
if it didn't result in an unpaired "entry" tracepoint (and I still don't care that
much...).

> }
> default:
> /* Error, keep GHCB MSR value as-is */
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index 8616af85dc5d..dd1d8167e71f 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -444,8 +444,11 @@ struct kvm_run {
> #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN 1
> #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET 2
> #define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_CRASH 3
> +#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SEV_TERM 4
> +#define KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_NDATA_VALID (1u << 31)
> __u32 type;
> - __u64 flags;
> + __u32 ndata;
> + __u64 data[16];
> } system_event;
> /* KVM_EXIT_S390_STSI */
> struct {
> --
> 2.35.1.1178.g4f1659d476-goog
>