linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2 18/20] x86/kvm: Enable Secure Memory Encryption of nested page tables

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Date:   Wed, 14 Sep 2016 09:02:09 -0500
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC:     <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <x86@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@...tuozzo.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2 18/20] x86/kvm: Enable Secure Memory Encryption of
 nested page tables

On 09/12/2016 09:35 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 05:38:49PM -0500, Tom Lendacky wrote:
>> Update the KVM support to include the memory encryption mask when creating
>> and using nested page tables.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h |    3 ++-
>>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c              |    8 ++++++--
>>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c              |    3 ++-
>>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c              |    3 ++-
>>  4 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> index 33ae3a4..c51c1cb 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
>> @@ -1039,7 +1039,8 @@ void kvm_mmu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>  void kvm_mmu_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
>>  void kvm_mmu_uninit_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
>>  void kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(u64 user_mask, u64 accessed_mask,
>> -		u64 dirty_mask, u64 nx_mask, u64 x_mask, u64 p_mask);
>> +		u64 dirty_mask, u64 nx_mask, u64 x_mask, u64 p_mask,
>> +		u64 me_mask);
> 
> Why do you need a separate mask?
> 
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c::set_spte() ORs in shadow_present_mask
> unconditionally. So you can simply do:
> 
> 
> 	kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(PT_USER_MASK, PT_ACCESSED_MASK,
> 			      PT_DIRTY_MASK, PT64_NX_MASK, 0,
> 			      PT_PRESENT_MASK | sme_me_mask);
> 
> and have this change much simpler.

Just keeping in step with the way this is done for the other masks.
They each have a specific meaning so I was trying not to combine
them in case they may be used differently in the future.

> 
>>  void kvm_mmu_reset_context(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>  void kvm_mmu_slot_remove_write_access(struct kvm *kvm,
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> index 3d4cc8cc..a7040f4 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
>> @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ module_param(dbg, bool, 0644);
>>  					    * PT32_LEVEL_BITS))) - 1))
>>  
>>  #define PT64_PERM_MASK (PT_PRESENT_MASK | PT_WRITABLE_MASK | shadow_user_mask \
>> -			| shadow_x_mask | shadow_nx_mask)
>> +			| shadow_x_mask | shadow_nx_mask | shadow_me_mask)
> 
> This would be sme_me_mask, of course, like with the baremetal masks.
> 
> Or am I missing something?

Given the current patch, this would be shadow_me_mask since that value
is set by the call to kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes.

Thanks,
Tom

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