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

[Sean Christopherson]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2022 17:56:42 +0100,
> Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > Queued, thanks.  But documentation was missing:
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> > index e7a0dfdc0178..72183ae628f7 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> > +++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst
> > @@ -6088,8 +6088,12 @@ should put the acknowledged interrupt vector into the 'epr' field.
> >    #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;
> > +                        __u32 ndata;
> >  			__u64 flags;
> > +                        __u64 data[16];
> >  		} system_event;
> > 
> >  If exit_reason is KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT then the vcpu has triggered
> > @@ -6099,7 +6103,7 @@ HVC instruction based PSCI call from the vcpu. The 'type' field describes
> >  the system-level event type. The 'flags' field describes architecture
> >  specific flags for the system-level event.
> > 
> > -Valid values for 'type' are:
> > +Valid values for bits 30:0 of 'type' are:
> > 
> >   - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SHUTDOWN -- the guest has requested a shutdown of the
> >     VM. Userspace is not obliged to honour this, and if it does honour
> > @@ -6112,12 +6116,18 @@ Valid values for 'type' are:
> >     has requested a crash condition maintenance. Userspace can choose
> >     to ignore the request, or to gather VM memory core dump and/or
> >     reset/shutdown of the VM.
> > + - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_SEV_TERM -- an AMD SEV guest requested termination.
> > +   The guest physical address of the guest's GHCB is stored in `data[0]`.
> > 
> >  Valid flags are:
> > 
> >   - KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_RESET_FLAG_PSCI_RESET2 (arm64 only) -- the guest issued
> >     a SYSTEM_RESET2 call according to v1.1 of the PSCI specification.
> > 
> > +Extra data for this event is stored in the `data[]` array, up to index
> > +`ndata-1` included, if bit 31 is set in `type`.  The data depends on the
> > +`type` field.  There is no extra data if bit 31 is clear or `ndata` is zero.
> > +
> 
> This has the potential to break userspace as it expects a strict match
> on the whole of 'type', and does not expect to treat it as a bitfield.
> 
> Case in point, QEMU:
> 
> accel/kvm/kvm-all.c::kvm_cpu_exec()
> 
>         case KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT:
>             switch (run->system_event.type) {
> 
> CrosVM and kvmtool have similar constructs, and will break as soon as
> KVM_SYSTEM_EVENT_NDATA_VALID is or'ed into 'type'.

Yeah, if we go this route, we'd have to make sure to document that only new types
can use the flag.