Re: [PATCH V18 2/9] KVM: arm64: Explicitly handle BRBE traps as UNDEFINED

From: Mark Rutland
Date: Thu Jun 13 2024 - 06:14:51 EST


On Thu, Jun 13, 2024 at 11:47:24AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> The Branch Record Buffer Extension (BRBE) adds a number of system registers
> and instructions, which we don't currently intend to expose to guests. Our
> existing logic handles this safely, but this could be improved with some
> explicit handling of BRBE.
>
> The presence of BRBE is currently hidden from guests as the cpufeature
> code's ftr_id_aa64dfr0[] table doesn't have an entry for the BRBE field,
> and so this will be zero in the sanitised value of ID_AA64DFR0 exposed to
> guests via read_sanitised_id_aa64dfr0_el1(). As the ftr_id_aa64dfr0[] table
> may gain an entry for the BRBE field in future, for robustness we should
> explicitly mask out the BRBE field in read_sanitised_id_aa64dfr0_el1().
>
> The BRBE system registers and instructions are currently trapped by the
> existing configuration of the fine-grained traps. As neither the registers
> nor the instructions are described in the sys_reg_descs[] table,
> emulate_sys_reg() will warn that these are unknown before injecting an
> UNDEFINED exception into the guest.
>
> Well-behaved guests shouldn't try to use the registers or instructions, but
> badly-behaved guests could use these, resulting in unnecessary warnings. To
> avoid those warnings, we should explicitly handle the BRBE registers and
> instructions as UNDEFINED.
>
> Address the above by having read_sanitised_id_aa64dfr0_el1() mask out the
> ID_AA64DFR0.BRBE field, and explicitly handling all of the BRBE system
> registers and instructions as UNDEFINED.
>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>

> ----
> Changes in V18:
>
> - Updated the commit message
>
> arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)
> Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+)

Something has gone wrong here, but that doesn't affect the patch itself.

Mark.

>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> index 22b45a15d068..3d4686abe5ee 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> @@ -1304,6 +1304,11 @@ static int set_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *r,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +#define BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(n) \
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBINF_EL1(n)), undef_access }, \
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBSRC_EL1(n)), undef_access }, \
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBTGT_EL1(n)), undef_access } \
> +
> /* Silly macro to expand the DBG{BCR,BVR,WVR,WCR}n_EL1 registers in one go */
> #define DBG_BCR_BVR_WCR_WVR_EL1(n) \
> { SYS_DESC(SYS_DBGBVRn_EL1(n)), \
> @@ -1722,6 +1727,9 @@ static u64 read_sanitised_id_aa64dfr0_el1(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> /* Hide SPE from guests */
> val &= ~ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_PMSVer_MASK;
>
> + /* Hide BRBE from guests */
> + val &= ~ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_BRBE_MASK;
> +
> return val;
> }
>
> @@ -2240,6 +2248,52 @@ static const struct sys_reg_desc sys_reg_descs[] = {
> { SYS_DESC(SYS_DBGCLAIMCLR_EL1), trap_raz_wi },
> { SYS_DESC(SYS_DBGAUTHSTATUS_EL1), trap_dbgauthstatus_el1 },
>
> + /*
> + * BRBE branch record sysreg address space is interleaved between
> + * corresponding BRBINF<N>_EL1, BRBSRC<N>_EL1, and BRBTGT<N>_EL1.
> + */
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(0),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(16),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(1),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(17),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(2),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(18),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(3),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(19),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(4),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(20),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(5),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(21),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(6),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(22),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(7),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(23),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(8),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(24),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(9),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(25),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(10),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(26),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(11),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(27),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(12),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(28),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(13),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(29),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(14),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(30),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(15),
> + BRB_INF_SRC_TGT_EL1(31),
> +
> + /* Remaining BRBE sysreg addresses space */
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBCR_EL1), undef_access },
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBFCR_EL1), undef_access },
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBTS_EL1), undef_access },
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBINFINJ_EL1), undef_access },
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBSRCINJ_EL1), undef_access },
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBTGTINJ_EL1), undef_access },
> + { SYS_DESC(SYS_BRBIDR0_EL1), undef_access },
> +
> { SYS_DESC(SYS_MDCCSR_EL0), trap_raz_wi },
> { SYS_DESC(SYS_DBGDTR_EL0), trap_raz_wi },
> // DBGDTR[TR]X_EL0 share the same encoding
> @@ -2751,6 +2805,8 @@ static struct sys_reg_desc sys_insn_descs[] = {
> { SYS_DESC(SYS_DC_CISW), access_dcsw },
> { SYS_DESC(SYS_DC_CIGSW), access_dcgsw },
> { SYS_DESC(SYS_DC_CIGDSW), access_dcgsw },
> + { SYS_DESC(OP_BRB_IALL), undef_access },
> + { SYS_DESC(OP_BRB_INJ), undef_access },
> };
>
> static const struct sys_reg_desc *first_idreg;
> --
> 2.25.1
>