Re: [PATCHv2 3/7] KVM: SVM: Add VNMI support in get/set_nmi_mask

From: Shukla, Santosh
Date: Thu Jul 21 2022 - 09:12:33 EST




On 7/21/2022 5:31 PM, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
> On Thu, 2022-07-21 at 15:04 +0530, Shukla, Santosh wrote:
>>
>> On 7/10/2022 9:45 PM, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>>> On Sat, 2022-07-09 at 19:12 +0530, Santosh Shukla wrote:
>>>> VMCB intr_ctrl bit12 (V_NMI_MASK) is set by the processor when handling
>>>> NMI in guest and is cleared after the NMI is handled. Treat V_NMI_MASK as
>>>> read-only in the hypervisor and do not populate set accessors.
>>>>
>>>> Adding API(get_vnmi_vmcb) in order to return the correct vmcb for L1 or
>>>> L2.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shukla <santosh.shukla@xxxxxxx>
>>>> ---
>>>> v2:
>>>> - Added get_vnmi_vmcb API to return vmcb for l1 and l2.
>>>> - Use get_vnmi_vmcb to get correct vmcb in func -
>>>> is_vnmi_enabled/_mask_set()
>>>> - removed vnmi check from is_vnmi_enabled() func.
>>>>
>>>> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>>>> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>> 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
>>>> index baaf35be36e5..3574e804d757 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
>>>> @@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ module_param(dump_invalid_vmcb, bool, 0644);
>>>> bool intercept_smi = true;
>>>> module_param(intercept_smi, bool, 0444);
>>>>
>>>> -static bool vnmi;
>>>> +bool vnmi = true;
>>>> module_param(vnmi, bool, 0444);
>>>>
>>>> static bool svm_gp_erratum_intercept = true;
>>>> @@ -3503,13 +3503,21 @@ static int svm_nmi_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool for_injection)
>>>>
>>>> static bool svm_get_nmi_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>>> {
>>>> - return !!(vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_NMI_MASK);
>>>> + struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
>>>> +
>>>> + if (is_vnmi_enabled(svm))
>>>> + return is_vnmi_mask_set(svm);
>>>> + else
>>>> + return !!(vcpu->arch.hflags & HF_NMI_MASK);
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> static void svm_set_nmi_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool masked)
>>>> {
>>>> struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
>>>>
>>>> + if (is_vnmi_enabled(svm))
>>>> + return;
>>>> +
>>>> if (masked) {
>>>> vcpu->arch.hflags |= HF_NMI_MASK;
>>>> if (!sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm))
>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
>>>> index 9223ac100ef5..f36e30df6202 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
>>>> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ extern u32 msrpm_offsets[MSRPM_OFFSETS] __read_mostly;
>>>> extern bool npt_enabled;
>>>> extern int vgif;
>>>> extern bool intercept_smi;
>>>> +extern bool vnmi;
>>>>
>>>> /*
>>>> * Clean bits in VMCB.
>>>> @@ -509,6 +510,37 @@ static inline bool nested_npt_enabled(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>>>> return svm->nested.ctl.nested_ctl & SVM_NESTED_CTL_NP_ENABLE;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> +static inline struct vmcb *get_vnmi_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>>>> +{
>>>> + if (!vnmi)
>>>> + return NULL;
>>>> +
>>>> + if (is_guest_mode(&svm->vcpu))
>>>> + return svm->nested.vmcb02.ptr;
>>>> + else
>>>> + return svm->vmcb01.ptr;
>>>> +}
>>>
>>> This is better but still not enough to support nesting:
>>>
>>>
>>> Let me explain the cases that we need to cover:
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. non nested case, vmcb01 has all the VNMI settings,
>>> and I think it should work, but need to review the patches again.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2. L1 uses vNMI, L2 doesn't use vNMI (nested_vnmi_enabled() == false).
>>>
>>> In this case, vNMI settings just need to be copied from vmcb01 to vmcb02
>>> and vise versa during nested entry and exit.
>>>
>>>
>>> This means that nested_vmcb02_prepare_control in this case should copy
>>> all 3 bits from vmcb01 to vmcb02, and vise versa nested_svm_vmexit
>>> should copy them back.
>>>
>>> Currently I see no indication of this being done in this patch series.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, Thanks for pointing out, in v3 series.
>>
>>> vmcb02 should indeed be used to read vnmi bits (like done above).
>>>
>>>
>>> 3. L1 uses vNMI, L2 uses vNMI:
>>>
>>> - First of all in this case all 3 vNMI bits should be copied from vmcb12
>>> to vmcb02 on nested entry and back on nested VM exit.
>>>
>>> I *think* this is done correctly in the patch 6, but I need to check again.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Second issue, depends on vNMI spec which we still don't have, and it
>>> relates to the fact on what to do if NMIs are not intercepted by
>>> the (nested) hypervisor, and L0 wants to inject an NMI
>>>
>>> (from L1 point of view it means that a 'real' NMI is about to be
>>> received while L2 is running).
>>>
>>>
>>> - If VNMI is not allowed to be enabled when NMIs are not intercepted,
>>> (vast majority of nested hypervisors will want to intercept real NMIs)
>>> then everything is fine -
>>>
>>> this means that if nested vNMI is enabled, then L1 will have
>>> to intercept 'real' NMIs, and thus L0 would be able to always
>>> inject 'real' NMIs while L2 is running by doing a VM exit to L1 without
>>> touching any vNMI state.
>>>
>> Yes. Enabling NMI virtualization requires the NMI intercept bit to be set.
>
> Those are very good news.
>
> What would happen though if the guest doesn't intercept NMI,
> and still tries to enable vNMI?
>
> Failed VM entry or vNMI ignored?
>

VMEXIT_INVALID.

> This matters for nested because nested must work the same as real hardware.
>
> In either of the cases some code is needed to emulate this correctly in the nested
> virtualization code in KVM, but the patches have none.
>

Yes,. in v3.

Thanks,
Santosh

> Best regards,
> Maxim Levitsky
>
>
>>
>>> - If the vNMI spec states that if vNMI is enabled, real NMIs
>>> are not intercepted and a real NMI is arriving, then the CPU
>>> will use vNMI state to handle it (that is it will set the 'pending'
>>> bit, then check if 'masked' bit is set, and if not, move pending to masked
>>> and deliver NMI to L2, in this case, it is indeed right to use vmcb02
>>> and keep on using VNMI for NMIs that are directed to L1,
>>> but I highly doubt that this is the case.
>>>
>>>
>> No.
>>
>>> - Most likely case - vNMI is allowed without NMI intercept,
>>> and real NMI does't consult the vNMI bits, but rather uses 'hosts'
>>> NMI masking. IRET doesn't affect host's NMI' masking as well.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> No.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Santosh
>>
>>> In this case, when L0 wants to inject NMI to a nested guest
>>> that has vNMI enabled, and doesn't intercept NMIs, it
>>> has to:
>>>
>>> - still consult the vNMI pending/masked bits of *vmcb01*,
>>> to know if it can inject a NMI
>>>
>>> - if it can inject it, it should update *manually* the pending/masked bits
>>> of vmcb01 as well, so that L1's vNMI the state remains consistent.
>>>
>>> - inject the NMI to L2, in the old fashioned way with EVENTINJ,
>>> or open NMI window by intercepting IRET if NMI is masked.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Maxim Levitsky
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> +
>>>> +static inline bool is_vnmi_enabled(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>>>> +{
>>>> + struct vmcb *vmcb = get_vnmi_vmcb(svm);
>>>> +
>>>> + if (vmcb)
>>>> + return !!(vmcb->control.int_ctl & V_NMI_ENABLE);
>>>> + else
>>>> + return false;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> +static inline bool is_vnmi_mask_set(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
>>>> +{
>>>> + struct vmcb *vmcb = get_vnmi_vmcb(svm);
>>>> +
>>>> + if (vmcb)
>>>> + return !!(vmcb->control.int_ctl & V_NMI_MASK);
>>>> + else
>>>> + return false;
>>>> +}
>>>> +
>>>> /* svm.c */
>>>> #define MSR_INVALID 0xffffffffU
>>>>
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