Re: [PATCH v2 10/10] x86/virt/tdx: Don't initialize module that doesn't support NO_RBP_MOD feature

From: Huang, Kai
Date: Tue Aug 06 2024 - 08:18:58 EST


On Mon, 2024-08-05 at 21:55 -0700, Williams, Dan J wrote:
> Kai Huang wrote:
> > Old TDX modules can clobber RBP in the TDH.VP.ENTER SEAMCALL. However
> > RBP is used as frame pointer in the x86_64 calling convention, and
> > clobbering RBP could result in bad things like being unable to unwind
> > the stack if any non-maskable exceptions (NMI, #MC etc) happens in that
> > gap.
> >
> > A new "NO_RBP_MOD" feature was introduced to more recent TDX modules to
> > not clobber RBP. This feature is reported in the TDX_FEATURES0 global
> > metadata field via bit 18.
> >
> > Don't initialize the TDX module if this feature is not supported [1].
> >
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/c0067319-2653-4cbd-8fee-1ccf21b1e646@xxxxxxxx/T/#mef98469c51e2382ead2c537ea189752360bd2bef [1]
> > Signed-off-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nik.borisov@xxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > v1 -> v2:
> > - Add tag from Nikolay.
> >
> > ---
> > arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> > arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.h | 1 +
> > 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
> > index 3c19295f1f8f..ec6156728423 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/virt/vmx/tdx/tdx.c
> > @@ -484,6 +484,18 @@ static int get_tdx_sysinfo(struct tdx_sysinfo *sysinfo)
> > return get_tdx_tdmr_sysinfo(&sysinfo->tdmr_info);
> > }
> >
> > +static int check_module_compatibility(struct tdx_sysinfo *sysinfo)
>
> How about check_features()? Almost everything having to do with TDX
> concerns the TDX module, so using "module" in a symbol name rarely adds
> any useful context.

Yeah fine to me. Will do.
>
> > +{
> > + u64 tdx_features0 = sysinfo->module_info.tdx_features0;
> > +
> > + if (!(tdx_features0 & TDX_FEATURES0_NO_RBP_MOD)) {
> > + pr_err("NO_RBP_MOD feature is not supported\n");
>
> A user would have no idea with this error message how about something
> like:
>
> pr_err("frame pointer (RBP) clobber bug present, upgrade TDX module\n");

Yeah this is certainly better. Will do. Thanks!