linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Add support for EPT execute only for nested hypervisors

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Message-ID: <20160713094942.GA2485@ad.usersys.redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 13 Jul 2016 17:49:42 +0800
From:	Fam Zheng <famz@...hat.com>
To:	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:	Bandan Das <bsd@...hat.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
	guangrong.xiao@...ux.intel.com, kernellwp@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] Add support for EPT execute only for nested
 hypervisors

On Wed, 07/13 11:20, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> 
> 
> On 13/07/2016 00:18, Bandan Das wrote:
> > v1 of this series posted at https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/28/7
> > 
> > Changes since v1:
> >  - 1/5 : modify is_shadow_present_pte to check against 0xffffffff
> >    Reasoning provided in commit message.
> >  - 2/5 : Removed 2/5 from v1 since kvm doesn't use execute only.
> >    3/5 from v1 is now 2/5. Introduce shadow_present_mask that
> >    signifies whether ept execute only is supported. Add/remove some
> >    comments as suggested in v1.
> >  - 3/5 : 4/5 from v1 is now 3/5.
> >  - 4/5 : update_permission_bitmask now sets u=1 only if host doesn't
> >    support ept execute only.
> >  - 5/5 : No change
> 
> These are the diffs I have after review, do they look okay?
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> index 190c0559c221..bd2535fdb9eb 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
> @@ -2524,11 +2524,10 @@ static int set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
>  		return 0;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * In the non-EPT case, execonly is not valid and so
> -	 * the following line is equivalent to spte |= PT_PRESENT_MASK.
>  	 * For the EPT case, shadow_present_mask is 0 if hardware
> -	 * supports it and we honor whatever way the guest set it.
> -	 * See: FNAME(gpte_access) in paging_tmpl.h
> +	 * supports exec-only page table entries.  In that case,
> +	 * ACC_USER_MASK and shadow_user_mask are used to represent
> +	 * read access.  See FNAME(gpte_access) in paging_tmpl.h.
>  	 */
>  	spte |= shadow_present_mask;
>  	if (!speculative)
> @@ -3923,9 +3922,6 @@ static void update_permission_bitmask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  				 *   clearer.
>  				 */
>  				smap = cr4_smap && u && !uf && !ff;
> -			} else {
> -				if (shadow_present_mask)
> -					u = 1;
>  			}
>  
>  			fault = (ff && !x) || (uf && !u) || (wf && !w) ||
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index 576c47cda1a3..dfef081e76c0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -6120,12 +6120,14 @@ static int handle_ept_violation(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	gpa = vmcs_read64(GUEST_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS);
>  	trace_kvm_page_fault(gpa, exit_qualification);
>  
> -	/* It is a write fault? */
> +	/* it is a read fault? */
> +	error_code = (exit_qualification << 2) & PFERR_USER_MASK;
> +	/* it is a write fault? */
>  	error_code = exit_qualification & PFERR_WRITE_MASK;

Did you mean s/=/|=/ for this line?

Fam

>  	/* It is a fetch fault? */
>  	error_code |= (exit_qualification << 2) & PFERR_FETCH_MASK;
>  	/* ept page table is present? */
> -	error_code |= (exit_qualification >> 3) & PFERR_PRESENT_MASK;
> +	error_code |= (exit_qualification & 0x38) != 0;
>  
>  	vcpu->arch.exit_qualification = exit_qualification;
>  
> @@ -6474,8 +6476,7 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
>  			(enable_ept_ad_bits) ? VMX_EPT_DIRTY_BIT : 0ull,
>  			0ull, VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK,
>  			cpu_has_vmx_ept_execute_only() ?
> -				      0ull : PT_PRESENT_MASK);
> -		BUILD_BUG_ON(PT_PRESENT_MASK != VMX_EPT_READABLE_MASK);
> +				      0ull : VMX_EPT_READABLE_MASK);
>  		ept_set_mmio_spte_mask();
>  		kvm_enable_tdp();
>  	} else
> 
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