Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] KVM: x86: Apply NX mitigation more precisely

[Mingwei Zhang]

On Sat, Jul 23, 2022, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Patch 6 from Mingwei is the end goal of the series.  KVM incorrectly
> assumes that the NX huge page mitigation is the only scenario where KVM
> will create a non-leaf page instead of a huge page.   Precisely track
> (via kvm_mmu_page) if a non-huge page is being forced and use that info
> to avoid unnecessarily forcing smaller page sizes in
> disallowed_hugepage_adjust().
> 
> v2: Rebase, tweak a changelog accordingly.

hmm, I applied this patch set (v2) on top of kvm/queue (HEAD:
1a4d88a361af) and it seems kvm-unit-tests/vmx failed on both ept=1 and
ept=0. And it did not work on our internel kernel either (kernel
crashed).

Maybe there is still minor issues?

> 
> v1: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220409003847.819686-1-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Mingwei Zhang (1):
>   KVM: x86/mmu: explicitly check nx_hugepage in
>     disallowed_hugepage_adjust()
> 
> Sean Christopherson (5):
>   KVM: x86/mmu: Tag disallowed NX huge pages even if they're not tracked
>   KVM: x86/mmu: Properly account NX huge page workaround for nonpaging
>     MMUs
>   KVM: x86/mmu: Set disallowed_nx_huge_page in TDP MMU before setting
>     SPTE
>   KVM: x86/mmu: Track the number of TDP MMU pages, but not the actual
>     pages
>   KVM: x86/mmu: Add helper to convert SPTE value to its shadow page
> 
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  17 ++---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c          | 107 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h |  41 +++++++-----
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/paging_tmpl.h  |   6 +-
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c         |  11 ++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h         |  17 +++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c      |  49 +++++++++------
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.h      |   2 +
>  8 files changed, 167 insertions(+), 83 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: 1a4d88a361af4f2e91861d632c6a1fe87a9665c2
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> 2.37.1.359.gd136c6c3e2-goog
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