Re: [PATCH v3 01/15] KVM: x86: Add a framework for enabling KVM-governed x86 features

[Binbin Wu]

Reviewed-by: Binbin Wu <binbin.wu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


On 8/16/2023 4:36 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Introduce yet another X86_FEATURE flag framework to manage and cache KVM
> governed features (for lack of a better name).  "Governed" in this case
> means that KVM has some level of involvement and/or vested interest in
> whether or not an X86_FEATURE can be used by the guest.  The intent of the
> framework is twofold: to simplify caching of guest CPUID flags that KVM
> needs to frequently query, and to add clarity to such caching, e.g. it
> isn't immediately obvious that SVM's bundle of flags for "optional nested
> SVM features" track whether or not a flag is exposed to L1.
>
> Begrudgingly define KVM_MAX_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES for the size of the
> bitmap to avoid exposing governed_features.h in arch/x86/include/asm/, but
> add a FIXME to call out that it can and should be cleaned up once
> "struct kvm_vcpu_arch" is no longer expose to the kernel at large.
>
> Cc: Zeng Guang <guang.zeng@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>   arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h  | 19 +++++++++++++
>   arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c             |  4 +++
>   arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h             | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h |  9 +++++++
>   4 files changed, 78 insertions(+)
>   create mode 100644 arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 19d64f019240..60d430b4650f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -831,6 +831,25 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
>   	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *cpuid_entries;
>   	struct kvm_hypervisor_cpuid kvm_cpuid;
>   
> +	/*
> +	 * FIXME: Drop this macro and use KVM_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES directly
> +	 * when "struct kvm_vcpu_arch" is no longer defined in an
> +	 * arch/x86/include/asm header.  The max is mostly arbitrary, i.e.
> +	 * can be increased as necessary.
> +	 */
> +#define KVM_MAX_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES BITS_PER_LONG
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Track whether or not the guest is allowed to use features that are
> +	 * governed by KVM, where "governed" means KVM needs to manage state
> +	 * and/or explicitly enable the feature in hardware.  Typically, but
> +	 * not always, governed features can be used by the guest if and only
> +	 * if both KVM and userspace want to expose the feature to the guest.
> +	 */
> +	struct {
> +		DECLARE_BITMAP(enabled, KVM_MAX_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES);
> +	} governed_features;
> +
>   	u64 reserved_gpa_bits;
>   	int maxphyaddr;
>   
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index 5a88affb2e1a..4ba43ae008cb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -313,6 +313,10 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>   	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
>   	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
>   
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(KVM_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES > KVM_MAX_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES);
> +	bitmap_zero(vcpu->arch.governed_features.enabled,
> +		    KVM_MAX_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES);
> +
>   	best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 1);
>   	if (best && apic) {
>   		if (cpuid_entry_has(best, X86_FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER))
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> index b1658c0de847..284fa4704553 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> @@ -232,4 +232,50 @@ static __always_inline bool guest_pv_has(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>   	return vcpu->arch.pv_cpuid.features & (1u << kvm_feature);
>   }
>   
> +enum kvm_governed_features {
> +#define KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE(x) KVM_GOVERNED_##x,
> +#include "governed_features.h"
> +	KVM_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES
> +};
> +
> +static __always_inline int kvm_governed_feature_index(unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	switch (x86_feature) {
> +#define KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE(x) case x: return KVM_GOVERNED_##x;
> +#include "governed_features.h"
> +	default:
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline bool kvm_is_governed_feature(unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	return kvm_governed_feature_index(x86_feature) >= 0;
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline void kvm_governed_feature_set(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +						     unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(!kvm_is_governed_feature(x86_feature));
> +
> +	__set_bit(kvm_governed_feature_index(x86_feature),
> +		  vcpu->arch.governed_features.enabled);
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline void kvm_governed_feature_check_and_set(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +							       unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(x86_feature) && guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, x86_feature))
> +		kvm_governed_feature_set(vcpu, x86_feature);
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline bool guest_can_use(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +					  unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(!kvm_is_governed_feature(x86_feature));
> +
> +	return test_bit(kvm_governed_feature_index(x86_feature),
> +			vcpu->arch.governed_features.enabled);
> +}
> +
>   #endif
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h b/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..40ce8e6608cd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#if !defined(KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE) || defined(KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE)
> +BUILD_BUG()
> +#endif
> +
> +#define KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE(x) KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_##x)
> +
> +#undef KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE
> +#undef KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE