linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 03/10] arm64: KVM: Save/restore the host SPE state when entering/leaving a VM

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 2 Feb 2017 18:18:00 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, mark.rutland@....com,
        kim.phillips@....com, alex.bennee@...aro.org,
        christoffer.dall@...aro.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
        peterz@...radead.org, alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com,
        robh@...nel.org, suzuki.poulose@....com, pawel.moll@....com,
        mathieu.poirier@...aro.org, mingo@...hat.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/10] arm64: KVM: Save/restore the host SPE state when
 entering/leaving a VM

On Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 04:29:50PM +0000, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 27/01/17 18:07, Will Deacon wrote:
> > The SPE buffer is virtually addressed, using the page tables of the CPU
> > MMU. Unusually, this means that the EL0/1 page table may be live whilst
> > we're executing at EL2 on non-VHE configurations. When VHE is in use,
> > we can use the same property to profile the guest behind its back.
> > 
> > This patch adds the relevant disabling and flushing code to KVM so that
> > the host can make use of SPE without corrupting guest memory, and any
> > attempts by a guest to use SPE will result in a trap.
> > 
> > Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
> > Cc: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@...aro.org>
> > Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>
> > Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_arm.h  |  3 ++
> >  arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h |  7 ++++-
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c            |  6 ++++
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/debug-sr.c     | 66 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c       | 17 +++++++++-
> >  5 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

[...]

> Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>

Thanks! Given that this patch depends on an earlier one in the series
(already queued via arm64) and the rest of the series depends on this
patch, do you mind if I take this via arm64 for 4.11? It applies cleanly
against current -next.

Will