linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] kdump,vmcoreinfo: Export the value of sme mask to vmcoreinfo

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Message-ID: <da8c3af8-40c4-f912-7e27-2f17ea6a58a9@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 18 Dec 2018 15:34:43 +0800
From:   lijiang <lijiang@...hat.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kexec@...ts.infradead.org,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, bhe@...hat.com, dyoung@...hat.com,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v3] kdump,vmcoreinfo: Export the value of sme mask to
 vmcoreinfo

在 2018年12月17日 21:01, Borislav Petkov 写道:
> On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 09:16:17PM +0800, Lianbo Jiang wrote:
>> For AMD machine with SME feature, makedumpfile tools need to know
>> whether the crash kernel was encrypted or not. If SME is enabled
>> in the first kernel, the crash kernel's page table(pgd/pud/pmd/pte)
>> contains the memory encryption mask, so need to remove the sme mask
>> to obtain the true physical address.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Lianbo Jiang <lijiang@...hat.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>  1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
>> index 4c8acdfdc5a7..1860fe24117d 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/machine_kexec_64.c
>> @@ -352,10 +352,24 @@ void machine_kexec(struct kimage *image)
>>  
>>  void arch_crash_save_vmcoreinfo(void)
>>  {
>> +	u64 sme_mask = sme_me_mask;
>> +
>>  	VMCOREINFO_NUMBER(phys_base);
>>  	VMCOREINFO_SYMBOL(init_top_pgt);
>>  	vmcoreinfo_append_str("NUMBER(pgtable_l5_enabled)=%d\n",
>>  			pgtable_l5_enabled());
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Currently, the local variable 'sme_mask' stores the value of
>> +	 * sme_me_mask(bit 47), and also write the value of sme_mask to
>> +	 * the vmcoreinfo.
>> +	 * If need, the bit(sme_mask) might be redefined in the future,
>> +	 * but the 'bit63' will be reserved.
>> +	 * For example:
>> +	 * [ misc	   ][ enc bit  ][ other misc SME info       ]
>> +	 * 0000_0000_0000_0000_1000_0000_0000_0000_0000_0000_..._0000
>> +	 * 63   59   55   51   47   43   39   35   31   27   ... 3
>> +	 */
> 
> This text belongs into the document.
> 
Ok, i will move it into VMCOREINFO document.

Thanks.