Re: [PATCH v19 059/130] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Don't zap private pages for unsupported cases

[Edgecombe, Rick P]

On Thu, 2024-03-28 at 08:06 +0800, Xiaoyao Li wrote:
> 
> TDX spec states that
> 
>    18.2.1.4.1 Memory Type for Private and Opaque Access
> 
>    The memory type for private and opaque access semantics, which use a
>    private HKID, is WB.
> 
>    18.2.1.4.2 Memory Type for Shared Accesses
> 
>    Intel SDM, Vol. 3, 28.2.7.2 Memory Type Used for Translated Guest-
>    Physical Addresses
> 
>    The memory type for shared access semantics, which use a shared HKID,
>    is determined as described below. Note that this is different from the
>    way memory type is determined by the hardware during non-root mode
>    operation. Rather, it is a best-effort approximation that is designed
>    to still allow the host VMM some control over memory type.
>      • For shared access during host-side (SEAMCALL) flows, the memory
>        type is determined by MTRRs.
>      • For shared access during guest-side flows (VM exit from the guest
>        TD), the memory type is determined by a combination of the Shared
>        EPT and MTRRs.
>        o If the memory type determined during Shared EPT walk is WB, then
>          the effective memory type for the access is determined by MTRRs.
>        o Else, the effective memory type for the access is UC.
> 
> My understanding is that guest MTRR doesn't affect the memory type for 
> private memory. So we don't need to zap private memory mappings.

Right, KVM can't zap the private side.

But why does KVM have to support a "best effort" MTRR virtualization for TDs? Kai pointed me to this
today and I haven't looked through it in depth yet:
https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20240309010929.1403984-1-seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx/

An alternative could be to mirror that behavior, but normal VMs have to work with existing userspace
setup. KVM doesn't support any TDs yet, so we can take the opportunity to not introduce weird
things.

> 
> > > > > But guests won't accept memory again because no one
> > > > > currently requests guests to do this after writes to MTRR MSRs. In this case,
> > > > > guests may access unaccepted memory, causing infinite EPT violation loop
> > > > > (assume SEPT_VE_DISABLE is set). This won't impact other guests/workloads on
> > > > > the host. But I think it would be better if we can avoid wasting CPU resource
> > > > > on the useless EPT violation loop.
> > > > 
> > > > Qemu is expected to do it correctly.  There are manyways for userspace to go
> > > > wrong.  This isn't specific to MTRR MSR.
> > > 
> > > This seems incorrect. KVM shouldn't force userspace to filter some
> > > specific MSRs. The semantic of MSR filter is userspace configures it on
> > > its own will, not KVM requires to do so.
> > 
> > I'm ok just always doing the exit to userspace on attempt to use MTRRs in a TD, and not rely on
> > the
> > MSR list. At least I don't see the problem.
> 
> What is the exit reason in vcpu->run->exit_reason? 
> KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR/WRMSR? If so, it breaks the ABI on 
> KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR/WRMSR.

How so? Userspace needs to learn to create a TD first.