Re: [PATCH v18 040/121] KVM: x86/mmu: Disallow fast page fault on private GPA

[Binbin Wu]

On 1/23/2024 7:53 AM, isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> TDX requires TDX SEAMCALL to operate Secure EPT instead of direct memory
> access and TDX SEAMCALL is heavy operation.  Fast page fault on private GPA
> doesn't make sense.  Disallow fast page fault on private GPA.
>
> Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>

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

> ---
>   arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 12 ++++++++++--
>   1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index b2924bd9b668..54d4c8f1ba68 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -3339,8 +3339,16 @@ static int kvm_handle_noslot_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>   	return RET_PF_CONTINUE;
>   }
>   
> -static bool page_fault_can_be_fast(struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
> +static bool page_fault_can_be_fast(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
>   {
> +	/*
> +	 * TDX private mapping doesn't support fast page fault because the EPT
> +	 * entry is read/written with TDX SEAMCALLs instead of direct memory
> +	 * access.
> +	 */
> +	if (kvm_is_private_gpa(kvm, fault->addr))
> +		return false;
> +
>   	/*
>   	 * Page faults with reserved bits set, i.e. faults on MMIO SPTEs, only
>   	 * reach the common page fault handler if the SPTE has an invalid MMIO
> @@ -3450,7 +3458,7 @@ static int fast_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_page_fault *fault)
>   	u64 *sptep;
>   	uint retry_count = 0;
>   
> -	if (!page_fault_can_be_fast(fault))
> +	if (!page_fault_can_be_fast(vcpu->kvm, fault))
>   		return ret;
>   
>   	walk_shadow_page_lockless_begin(vcpu);