Re: [PATCH] KVM: nVMX: Don't expose TSC scaling to L1 when on Hyper-V

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue Jun 14 2022 - 12:01:16 EST


On Tue, Jun 14, 2022, Anirudh Rayabharam wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2022 at 04:57:49PM +0000, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 13, 2022, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > > On 6/13/22 18:16, Anirudh Rayabharam wrote:
> > > > + if (!kvm_has_tsc_control)
> > > > + msrs->secondary_ctls_high &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_TSC_SCALING;
> > > > +
> > > > msrs->secondary_ctls_low = 0;
> > > > msrs->secondary_ctls_high &=
> > > > SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC |
> > > > @@ -6667,8 +6670,7 @@ void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs, u32 ept_caps)
> > > > SECONDARY_EXEC_RDRAND_EXITING |
> > > > SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_INVPCID |
> > > > SECONDARY_EXEC_RDSEED_EXITING |
> > > > - SECONDARY_EXEC_XSAVES |
> > > > - SECONDARY_EXEC_TSC_SCALING;
> > > > + SECONDARY_EXEC_XSAVES;
> > > > /*
> > >
> > > This is wrong because it _always_ disables SECONDARY_EXEC_TSC_SCALING,
> > > even if kvm_has_tsc_control == true.
> > >
> > > That said, I think a better implementation of this patch is to just add
> > > a version of evmcs_sanitize_exec_ctrls that takes a struct
> > > nested_vmx_msrs *, and call it at the end of nested_vmx_setup_ctl_msrs like
> > >
> > > evmcs_sanitize_nested_vmx_vsrs(msrs);
> >
> > Any reason not to use the already sanitized vmcs_config? I can't think of any
> > reason why the nested path should blindly use the raw MSR values from hardware.
>
> vmcs_config has the sanitized exec controls. But how do we construct MSR
> values using them?

I was thinking we could use the sanitized controls for the allowed-1 bits, and then
take the required-1 bits from the CPU. And then if we wanted to avoid the redundant
RDMSRs in a follow-up patch we could add required-1 fields to vmcs_config.

Hastily constructed and compile-tested only, proceed with caution :-)

---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++---------------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h | 2 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 5 ++---
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index f5cb18e00e78..67cbb6643efa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -6541,8 +6541,13 @@ static u64 nested_vmx_calc_vmcs_enum_msr(void)
* bit in the high half is on if the corresponding bit in the control field
* may be on. See also vmx_control_verify().
*/
-void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs, u32 ept_caps)
+void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf, u32 ept_caps)
{
+ struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs = &vmcs_config.nested;
+
+ /* Take the allowed-1 bits from KVM's sanitized VMCS configuration. */
+ u32 ignore_high;
+
/*
* Note that as a general rule, the high half of the MSRs (bits in
* the control fields which may be 1) should be initialized by the
@@ -6559,11 +6564,11 @@ void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs, u32 ept_caps)
*/

/* pin-based controls */
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_PINBASED_CTLS,
- msrs->pinbased_ctls_low,
- msrs->pinbased_ctls_high);
+ rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_PINBASED_CTLS, msrs->pinbased_ctls_low, ignore_high);
msrs->pinbased_ctls_low |=
PIN_BASED_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR;
+
+ msrs->pinbased_ctls_high = vmcs_conf->pin_based_exec_ctrl;
msrs->pinbased_ctls_high &=
PIN_BASED_EXT_INTR_MASK |
PIN_BASED_NMI_EXITING |
@@ -6574,12 +6579,11 @@ void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs, u32 ept_caps)
PIN_BASED_VMX_PREEMPTION_TIMER;

/* exit controls */
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_EXIT_CTLS,
- msrs->exit_ctls_low,
- msrs->exit_ctls_high);
+ rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_EXIT_CTLS, msrs->exit_ctls_low, ignore_high);
msrs->exit_ctls_low =
VM_EXIT_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR;

+ msrs->exit_ctls_high = vmcs_conf->vmexit_ctrl;
msrs->exit_ctls_high &=
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
VM_EXIT_HOST_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE |
@@ -6595,11 +6599,11 @@ void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs, u32 ept_caps)
msrs->exit_ctls_low &= ~VM_EXIT_SAVE_DEBUG_CONTROLS;

/* entry controls */
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_ENTRY_CTLS,
- msrs->entry_ctls_low,
- msrs->entry_ctls_high);
+ rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_ENTRY_CTLS, msrs->entry_ctls_low, ignore_high);
msrs->entry_ctls_low =
VM_ENTRY_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR;
+
+ msrs->entry_ctls_high = vmcs_conf->vmentry_ctrl;
msrs->entry_ctls_high &=
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE |
@@ -6613,11 +6617,11 @@ void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs, u32 ept_caps)
msrs->entry_ctls_low &= ~VM_ENTRY_LOAD_DEBUG_CONTROLS;

/* cpu-based controls */
- rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS,
- msrs->procbased_ctls_low,
- msrs->procbased_ctls_high);
+ rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS, msrs->procbased_ctls_low, ignore_high);
msrs->procbased_ctls_low =
CPU_BASED_ALWAYSON_WITHOUT_TRUE_MSR;
+
+ msrs->procbased_ctls_high = vmcs_conf->cpu_based_exec_ctrl;
msrs->procbased_ctls_high &=
CPU_BASED_INTR_WINDOW_EXITING |
CPU_BASED_NMI_WINDOW_EXITING | CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETTING |
@@ -6653,10 +6657,11 @@ void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs, u32 ept_caps)
*/
if (msrs->procbased_ctls_high & CPU_BASED_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS)
rdmsr(MSR_IA32_VMX_PROCBASED_CTLS2,
- msrs->secondary_ctls_low,
- msrs->secondary_ctls_high);
+ msrs->secondary_ctls_low, ignore_high);

msrs->secondary_ctls_low = 0;
+
+ msrs->secondary_ctls_high = vmcs_conf->cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl;
msrs->secondary_ctls_high &=
SECONDARY_EXEC_DESC |
SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_RDTSCP |
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
index c92cea0b8ccc..fae047c6204b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ enum nvmx_vmentry_status {
};

void vmx_leave_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct nested_vmx_msrs *msrs, u32 ept_caps);
+void nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf, u32 ept_caps);
void nested_vmx_hardware_unsetup(void);
__init int nested_vmx_hardware_setup(int (*exit_handlers[])(struct kvm_vcpu *));
void nested_vmx_set_vmcs_shadowing_bitmap(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 9bd86ecccdab..cd0d0ffae0bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -7139,7 +7139,7 @@ static int __init vmx_check_processor_compat(void)
if (setup_vmcs_config(&vmcs_conf, &vmx_cap) < 0)
return -EIO;
if (nested)
- nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(&vmcs_conf.nested, vmx_cap.ept);
+ nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(&vmcs_conf, vmx_cap.ept);
if (memcmp(&vmcs_config, &vmcs_conf, sizeof(struct vmcs_config)) != 0) {
printk(KERN_ERR "kvm: CPU %d feature inconsistency!\n",
smp_processor_id());
@@ -8079,8 +8079,7 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
setup_default_sgx_lepubkeyhash();

if (nested) {
- nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(&vmcs_config.nested,
- vmx_capability.ept);
+ nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs(&vmcs_config, vmx_capability.ept);

r = nested_vmx_hardware_setup(kvm_vmx_exit_handlers);
if (r)

base-commit: b821e4ff9e35a8fc999685e8d44c0644cfeaa228
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