linux-kernel - Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor with KVM entries

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Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 07:08:13 -0700
From:   Alexander Graf <graf@...zon.com>
To:     Andrew Cooper <andrew.cooper3@...rix.com>,
        Filippo Sironi <sironi@...zon.de>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        <borntraeger@...ibm.com>, <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        <cohuck@...hat.com>, <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        <xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org>
Subject: Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: Start populating /sys/hypervisor
 with KVM entries


On 16.05.19 07:02, Andrew Cooper wrote:
> On 16/05/2019 14:50, Alexander Graf wrote:
>> On 14.05.19 08:16, Filippo Sironi wrote:
>>> Start populating /sys/hypervisor with KVM entries when we're running on
>>> KVM. This is to replicate functionality that's available when we're
>>> running on Xen.
>>>
>>> Start with /sys/hypervisor/uuid, which users prefer over
>>> /sys/devices/virtual/dmi/id/product_uuid as a way to recognize a virtual
>>> machine, since it's also available when running on Xen HVM and on Xen PV
>>> and, on top of that doesn't require root privileges by default.
>>> Let's create arch-specific hooks so that different architectures can
>>> provide different implementations.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Filippo Sironi <sironi@...zon.de>
>> I think this needs something akin to
>>
>>   https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/ABI/stable/sysfs-hypervisor-xen
>>
>> to document which files are available.
>>
>>> ---
>>> v2:
>>> * move the retrieval of the VM UUID out of uuid_show and into
>>>   kvm_para_get_uuid, which is a weak function that can be overwritten
>>>
>>>  drivers/Kconfig              |  2 ++
>>>  drivers/Makefile             |  2 ++
>>>  drivers/kvm/Kconfig          | 14 ++++++++++++++
>>>  drivers/kvm/Makefile         |  1 +
>>>  drivers/kvm/sys-hypervisor.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  5 files changed, 49 insertions(+)
>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/kvm/Kconfig
>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/kvm/Makefile
>>>  create mode 100644 drivers/kvm/sys-hypervisor.c
>>>
>> [...]
>>
>>> +
>>> +__weak const char *kvm_para_get_uuid(void)
>>> +{
>>> +	return NULL;
>>> +}
>>> +
>>> +static ssize_t uuid_show(struct kobject *obj,
>>> +			 struct kobj_attribute *attr,
>>> +			 char *buf)
>>> +{
>>> +	const char *uuid = kvm_para_get_uuid();
>>> +	return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", uuid);
>> The usual return value for the Xen /sys/hypervisor interface is
>> "<denied>".
> This string comes straight from Xen.
>
> It was an effort to reduce the quantity of interesting fingerprintable
> data accessable by default to unprivileged guests.
>
> See
> https://xenbits.xen.org/gitweb/?p=xen.git;a=commitdiff;h=a2fc8d514df2b38c310d4f4432fe06520b0769ed


What a great design :). My point is mostly that we should be as common
as possible when it comes to /sys/hypervisor, so that tools don't have
to care about the HV they're working against.

By being first to implement <denied> you just created precedence, so we
can either simulate the same behavor for KVM or be different. And since
commonality is good, I'd rather be the same.

That said, I couldn't find in the patdch above whether Xen even emits
<denied> for the uuid. Does it have that capability? If not, we may as
well go with (null).


Alex