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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 20:43:49 -0400
From:   Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>, moritz.lipp@...k.tugraz.at,
        daniel.gruss@...k.tugraz.at, michael.schwarz@...k.tugraz.at,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>, hughd@...gle.com,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/23] x86, kaiser: prepare assembly for entry/exit CR3 switching

On Tue, Oct 31, 2017 at 6:31 PM, Dave Hansen
<dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com> wrote:
>
> This is largely code from Andy Lutomirski.  I fixed a few bugs
> in it, and added a few SWITCH_TO_* spots.
>
> KAISER needs to switch to a different CR3 value when it enters
> the kernel and switch back when it exits.  This essentially
> needs to be done before we leave assembly code.
>
> This is extra challenging because the context in which we have to
> make this switch is tricky: the registers we are allowed to
> clobber can vary.  It's also hard to store things on the stack
> because there are already things on it with an established ABI
> (ptregs) or the stack is unsafe to use at all.
>
> This patch establishes a set of macros that allow changing to
> the user and kernel CR3 values, but do not actually switch
> CR3.  The code will, however, clobber the registers that it
> says it will and also does perform *writes* to CR3.  So, this
> patch by itself tests that the registers we are clobbering
> and restoring from are OK, and that things like our stack
> manipulation are in safe places.
>
> In other words, if you bisect to here, this *does* introduce
> changes that can break things.
>
> Interactions with SWAPGS: previous versions of the KAISER code
> relied on having per-cpu scratch space so we have a register
> to clobber for our CR3 MOV.  The %GS register is what we use
> to index into our per-cpu sapce, so SWAPGS *had* to be done
> before the CR3 switch.  That scratch space is gone now, but we
> still keep the semantic that SWAPGS must be done before the
> CR3 MOV.  This is good to keep because it is not that hard to
> do and it allows us to do things like add per-cpu debugging
> information to help us figure out what goes wrong sometimes.
>
> What this does in the NMI code is worth pointing out.  NMIs
> can interrupt *any* context and they can also be nested with
> NMIs interrupting other NMIs.  The comments below
> ".Lnmi_from_kernel" explain the format of the stack that we
> have to deal with this situation.  Changing the format of
> this stack is not a fun exercise: I tried.  Instead of
> storing the old CR3 value on the stack, we depend on the
> *regular* register save/restore mechanism and then use %r14
> to keep CR3 during the NMI.  It will not be clobbered by the
> C NMI handlers that get called.
>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Moritz Lipp <moritz.lipp@...k.tugraz.at>
> Cc: Daniel Gruss <daniel.gruss@...k.tugraz.at>
> Cc: Michael Schwarz <michael.schwarz@...k.tugraz.at>
> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...gle.com>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
> Cc: x86@...nel.org
> ---
>
>  b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h         |   40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S        |   33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>  b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S |   13 ++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff -puN arch/x86/entry/calling.h~kaiser-luto-base-cr3-work arch/x86/entry/calling.h
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h~kaiser-luto-base-cr3-work        2017-10-31 15:03:48.105007253 -0700
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h  2017-10-31 15:03:48.113007631 -0700
> @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
>  #include <linux/jump_label.h>
>  #include <asm/unwind_hints.h>
> +#include <asm/cpufeatures.h>
>
>  /*
>
> @@ -217,6 +218,45 @@ For 32-bit we have the following convent
>  #endif
>  .endm
>
> +.macro ADJUST_KERNEL_CR3 reg:req
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro ADJUST_USER_CR3 reg:req
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg:req
> +       mov     %cr3, \scratch_reg
> +       ADJUST_KERNEL_CR3 \scratch_reg
> +       mov     \scratch_reg, %cr3
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg:req
> +       mov     %cr3, \scratch_reg
> +       ADJUST_USER_CR3 \scratch_reg
> +       mov     \scratch_reg, %cr3
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro SAVE_AND_SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg:req save_reg:req
> +       movq    %cr3, %r\scratch_reg
> +       movq    %r\scratch_reg, \save_reg
> +       /*
> +        * Just stick a random bit in here that never gets set.  Fixed
> +        * up in real KAISER patches in a moment.
> +        */
> +       bt      $63, %r\scratch_reg
> +       jz      .Ldone_\@
> +
> +       ADJUST_KERNEL_CR3 %r\scratch_reg
> +       movq    %r\scratch_reg, %cr3
> +
> +.Ldone_\@:
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro RESTORE_CR3 save_reg:req
> +       /* optimize this */
> +       movq    \save_reg, %cr3
> +.endm
> +
>  #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
>
>  /*
> diff -puN arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S~kaiser-luto-base-cr3-work arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S~kaiser-luto-base-cr3-work        2017-10-31 15:03:48.107007348 -0700
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64_compat.S  2017-10-31 15:03:48.113007631 -0700
> @@ -48,8 +48,13 @@
>  ENTRY(entry_SYSENTER_compat)
>         /* Interrupts are off on entry. */
>         SWAPGS_UNSAFE_STACK
> +
>         movq    PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_current_top_of_stack), %rsp
>
> +       pushq   %rdi
> +       SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
> +       popq    %rdi
> +
>         /*
>          * User tracing code (ptrace or signal handlers) might assume that
>          * the saved RAX contains a 32-bit number when we're invoking a 32-bit
> @@ -91,6 +96,9 @@ ENTRY(entry_SYSENTER_compat)
>         pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
>         cld
>
> +       pushq   %rdi
> +       SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
> +       popq    %rdi
>         /*
>          * SYSENTER doesn't filter flags, so we need to clear NT and AC
>          * ourselves.  To save a few cycles, we can check whether
> @@ -214,6 +222,8 @@ GLOBAL(entry_SYSCALL_compat_after_hwfram
>         pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r14 = 0 */
>         pushq   $0                      /* pt_regs->r15 = 0 */
>
> +       SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
> +
>         /*
>          * User mode is traced as though IRQs are on, and SYSENTER
>          * turned them off.
> @@ -240,6 +250,7 @@ sysret32_from_system_call:
>         popq    %rsi                    /* pt_regs->si */
>         popq    %rdi                    /* pt_regs->di */
>
> +       SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%r8
>          /*
>           * USERGS_SYSRET32 does:
>           *  GSBASE = user's GS base
> @@ -324,6 +335,7 @@ ENTRY(entry_INT80_compat)
>         pushq   %r15                    /* pt_regs->r15 */
>         cld
>
> +       SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=%r11
>         /*
>          * User mode is traced as though IRQs are on, and the interrupt
>          * gate turned them off.
> @@ -337,6 +349,7 @@ ENTRY(entry_INT80_compat)
>         /* Go back to user mode. */
>         TRACE_IRQS_ON
>         SWAPGS
> +       SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%r11
>         jmp     restore_regs_and_iret
>  END(entry_INT80_compat)
>
> diff -puN arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S~kaiser-luto-base-cr3-work arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S
> --- a/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S~kaiser-luto-base-cr3-work       2017-10-31 15:03:48.109007442 -0700
> +++ b/arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S 2017-10-31 15:03:48.115007726 -0700
> @@ -147,8 +147,6 @@ ENTRY(entry_SYSCALL_64)
>         movq    %rsp, PER_CPU_VAR(rsp_scratch)
>         movq    PER_CPU_VAR(cpu_current_top_of_stack), %rsp
>
> -       TRACE_IRQS_OFF
> -
>         /* Construct struct pt_regs on stack */
>         pushq   $__USER_DS                      /* pt_regs->ss */
>         pushq   PER_CPU_VAR(rsp_scratch)        /* pt_regs->sp */
> @@ -169,6 +167,13 @@ GLOBAL(entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe)
>         sub     $(6*8), %rsp                    /* pt_regs->bp, bx, r12-15 not saved */
>         UNWIND_HINT_REGS extra=0
>
> +       /* NB: right here, all regs except r11 are live. */
> +
> +       SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=%r11
> +
> +       /* Must wait until we have the kernel CR3 to call C functions: */
> +       TRACE_IRQS_OFF
> +
>         /*
>          * If we need to do entry work or if we guess we'll need to do
>          * exit work, go straight to the slow path.
> @@ -220,6 +225,7 @@ entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath:
>         TRACE_IRQS_ON           /* user mode is traced as IRQs on */
>         movq    RIP(%rsp), %rcx
>         movq    EFLAGS(%rsp), %r11
> +       SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
>         RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX_R11
>         movq    RSP(%rsp), %rsp
>         UNWIND_HINT_EMPTY
> @@ -313,6 +319,7 @@ return_from_SYSCALL_64:
>          * perf profiles. Nothing jumps here.
>          */
>  syscall_return_via_sysret:
> +       SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
>         /* rcx and r11 are already restored (see code above) */
>         RESTORE_C_REGS_EXCEPT_RCX_R11
>         movq    RSP(%rsp), %rsp
> @@ -320,6 +327,7 @@ syscall_return_via_sysret:
>         USERGS_SYSRET64
>
>  opportunistic_sysret_failed:
> +       SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
>         SWAPGS
>         jmp     restore_c_regs_and_iret
>  END(entry_SYSCALL_64)
> @@ -422,6 +430,7 @@ ENTRY(ret_from_fork)
>         movq    %rsp, %rdi
>         call    syscall_return_slowpath /* returns with IRQs disabled */
>         TRACE_IRQS_ON                   /* user mode is traced as IRQS on */
> +       SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
>         SWAPGS
>         jmp     restore_regs_and_iret
>
> @@ -611,6 +620,7 @@ GLOBAL(retint_user)
>         mov     %rsp,%rdi
>         call    prepare_exit_to_usermode
>         TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ
> +       SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
>         SWAPGS
>         jmp     restore_regs_and_iret
>
> @@ -1091,7 +1101,11 @@ ENTRY(paranoid_entry)
>         js      1f                              /* negative -> in kernel */
>         SWAPGS
>         xorl    %ebx, %ebx
> -1:     ret
> +
> +1:
> +       SAVE_AND_SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=ax save_reg=%r14
> +
> +       ret
>  END(paranoid_entry)
>
>  /*
> @@ -1118,6 +1132,7 @@ ENTRY(paranoid_exit)
>  paranoid_exit_no_swapgs:
>         TRACE_IRQS_IRETQ_DEBUG
>  paranoid_exit_restore:
> +       RESTORE_CR3     %r14
>         RESTORE_EXTRA_REGS
>         RESTORE_C_REGS
>         REMOVE_PT_GPREGS_FROM_STACK 8
> @@ -1144,6 +1159,9 @@ ENTRY(error_entry)
>          */
>         SWAPGS
>
> +       /* We have user CR3.  Change to kernel CR3. */
> +       SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=%rax
> +
>  .Lerror_entry_from_usermode_after_swapgs:
>         /*
>          * We need to tell lockdep that IRQs are off.  We can't do this until
> @@ -1190,9 +1208,10 @@ ENTRY(error_entry)
>
>  .Lerror_bad_iret:
>         /*
> -        * We came from an IRET to user mode, so we have user gsbase.
> -        * Switch to kernel gsbase:
> +        * We came from an IRET to user mode, so we have user
> +        * gsbase and CR3.  Switch to kernel gsbase and CR3:
>          */
> +       SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=%rax
>         SWAPGS
>
>         /*
> @@ -1313,6 +1332,7 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
>         UNWIND_HINT_REGS
>         ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER
>
> +       SWITCH_TO_KERNEL_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
>         /*
>          * At this point we no longer need to worry about stack damage
>          * due to nesting -- we're on the normal thread stack and we're
> @@ -1328,6 +1348,7 @@ ENTRY(nmi)
>          * work, because we don't want to enable interrupts.
>          */
>         SWAPGS
> +       SWITCH_TO_USER_CR3 scratch_reg=%rdi
>         jmp     restore_regs_and_iret
>
>  .Lnmi_from_kernel:
> @@ -1538,6 +1559,8 @@ end_repeat_nmi:
>         movq    $-1, %rsi
>         call    do_nmi
>
> +       RESTORE_CR3 save_reg=%r14
> +
>         testl   %ebx, %ebx                      /* swapgs needed? */
>         jnz     nmi_restore
>  nmi_swapgs:
> _

This all needs to be conditional on a config option.  Something with
this amount of performance impact needs to be 100% optional.

--
Brian Gerst

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