Re: [PATCH v11 031/113] KVM: x86/mmu: Allow non-zero value for non-present SPTE and removed SPTE

[Isaku Yamahata]

On Mon, Jan 16, 2023 at 10:54:35AM +0000,
"Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 2023-01-12 at 08:31 -0800, isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > For TD guest, the current way to emulate MMIO doesn't work any more, as KVM
> > is not able to access the private memory of TD guest and do the emulation.
> > Instead, TD guest expects to receive #VE when it accesses the MMIO and then
> > it can explicitly make hypercall to KVM to get the expected information.
> > 
> > To achieve this, the TDX module always enables "EPT-violation #VE" in the
> > VMCS control.  And accordingly, for the MMIO spte for the shared GPA,
> > 1. KVM needs to set "suppress #VE" bit for the non-present SPTE so that EPT
> > violation happens on TD accessing MMIO range.  2. On EPT violation, KVM
> > sets the MMIO spte to clear "suppress #VE" bit so the TD guest can receive
> > the #VE instead of EPT misconfigration unlike VMX case.  For the shared GPA
> > that is not populated yet, EPT violation need to be triggered when TD guest
> > accesses such shared GPA.  The non-present SPTE value for shared GPA should
> > set "suppress #VE" bit.
> > 
> > Add "suppress #VE" bit (bit 63) to SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE and
> > REMOVED_SPTE.  Unconditionally set the "suppress #VE" bit (which is bit 63)
> > for both AMD and Intel as: 1) AMD hardware doesn't use this bit when
> > present bit is off; 2) for normal VMX guest, KVM never enables the
> > "EPT-violation #VE" in VMCS control and "suppress #VE" bit is ignored by
> > hardware.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h |  1 +
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h    | 15 ++++++++++++++-
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c |  8 ++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
> > index 498dc600bd5c..cdbf12c1a83c 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
> > @@ -511,6 +511,7 @@ enum vmcs_field {
> >  #define VMX_EPT_IPAT_BIT    			(1ull << 6)
> >  #define VMX_EPT_ACCESS_BIT			(1ull << 8)
> >  #define VMX_EPT_DIRTY_BIT			(1ull << 9)
> > +#define VMX_EPT_SUPPRESS_VE_BIT			(1ull << 63)
> 
> I don't know whether you should introduce this macro, since it's not used in
> this patch.
> 
> >  #define VMX_EPT_RWX_MASK                        (VMX_EPT_READABLE_MASK |       \
> >  						 VMX_EPT_WRITABLE_MASK |       \
> >  						 VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK)
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> > index f190eaf6b2b5..471378ee9071 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> > @@ -148,7 +148,20 @@ static_assert(MMIO_SPTE_GEN_LOW_BITS == 8 && MMIO_SPTE_GEN_HIGH_BITS == 11);
> >  
> >  #define MMIO_SPTE_GEN_MASK		GENMASK_ULL(MMIO_SPTE_GEN_LOW_BITS + MMIO_SPTE_GEN_HIGH_BITS - 1, 0)
> >  
> > +/*
> > + * Non-present SPTE value for both VMX and SVM for TDP MMU.
> > + * For SVM NPT, for non-present spte (bit 0 = 0), other bits are ignored.
> > + * For VMX EPT, bit 63 is ignored if #VE is disabled. (EPT_VIOLATION_VE=0)
> > + *              bit 63 is #VE suppress if #VE is enabled. (EPT_VIOLATION_VE=1)
> > + * For TDX:
> > + *   TDX module sets EPT_VIOLATION_VE for Secure-EPT and conventional EPT
> > + */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > +#define SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE	BIT_ULL(63)
> > +static_assert(!(SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE & SPTE_MMU_PRESENT_MASK));
> > +#else
> >  #define SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE	0ULL
> > +#endif
> >  
> >  extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_host_writable_mask;
> >  extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_mmu_writable_mask;
> > @@ -195,7 +208,7 @@ extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_nonpresent_or_rsvd_mask;
> >   *
> >   * Only used by the TDP MMU.
> >   */
> > -#define REMOVED_SPTE	0x5a0ULL
> > +#define REMOVED_SPTE	(SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE | 0x5a0ULL)
> 
> This chunk belongs to the previous patch.

Yes, move this hunk to the previous patch with VMX_EPT_SUPPRESS_VE_BIT.

> >  /* Removed SPTEs must not be misconstrued as shadow present PTEs. */
> >  static_assert(!(REMOVED_SPTE & SPTE_MMU_PRESENT_MASK));
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> > index 9cf5844dd34a..6111e3e9266d 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> > @@ -700,6 +700,14 @@ static inline int tdp_mmu_zap_spte_atomic(struct kvm *kvm,
> >  	 * overwrite the special removed SPTE value. No bookkeeping is needed
> >  	 * here since the SPTE is going from non-present to non-present.  Use
> >  	 * the raw write helper to avoid an unnecessary check on volatile bits.
> > +	 *
> > +	 * Set non-present value to SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE, rather than 0.
> > +	 * It is because when TDX is enabled, TDX module always
> > +	 * enables "EPT-violation #VE", so KVM needs to set
> > +	 * "suppress #VE" bit in EPT table entries, in order to get
> > +	 * real EPT violation, rather than TDVMCALL.  KVM sets
> > +	 * SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE (which sets "suppress #VE" bit) so it
> > +	 * can be set when EPT table entries are zapped.
> >  	 */
> >  	__kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(iter->sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
> >  
> 
> I don't quite think this place is the good place to explain "suppress  #VE" bit
> staff.  There are other places that sets non-present SPTE too.  Perhaps putting
> the comment around the macro 'SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE' is better.

Dropped this comment from this patch.

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Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>