Re: [RESEND RFC PATCH v1 1/5] arm64: Add TLB Conflict Abort Exception handler to KVM

[Marc Zyngier]

Hi Ryan,

On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:23:20 +0000,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hi Marc,
> 
> I believe the intent of this patch is to protect the host/KVM against a guest
> that is using BBML2. The host/KVM always assumes BBML0 and therefore doesn't do
> any operations that are allowed by the arch to cause a conflict abort. Therefore
> the host doesn't need to handle it. But a guest could be taking advantage of
> BBML2 and therefore it's architiecturally possible for a conflict abort to be
> raised to EL2. I think today that would take down the host?
> 
> So really I think this could be considered a stand-alone KVM
> hardening improvement?

I'm not disputing the need for a TLB Conflict abort handler. It will
be a good addition once we agree on what needs to be done.

> > However, it doesn't seem to me that the host is equipped to deal with
> > this sort of exception for itself. Shouldn't you start with that?
> 
> If the host isn't doing any BBML2 operations it doesn't need to handle it, I
> don't think? Obviously that changes later in the series and Miko is adding the
> required handling to the host.

Yes, and that's what I overlooked yesterday, and I replied to that
change this morning.

Thanks,

	M.

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