linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v2.1] x86/sev-es: Handle NMI State

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Date:   Fri, 20 Mar 2020 07:42:09 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc:     X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Hellstrom <thellstrom@...are.com>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Virtualization <virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v2.1] x86/sev-es: Handle NMI State

On 3/20/20 6:17 AM, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 08:35:59AM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
>> 1. Just put the NMI unmask in do_nmi().  The kernel *already* knows
>> how to handle running do_nmi() with NMIs unmasked.  This is much, much
>> simpler than your code.
> Okay, attached is the updated patch which implements this approach. I
> tested it in an SEV-ES guest with 'perf top' running for a little more
> than 30 minutes and all looked good. I also removed the dead code from
> the patch.

FWIW, perf plus the x86 selftests run in a big loop was my best way of
stressing the NMI path when we mucked with it for PTI.  The selftests
make sure to hit some of the more rare entry/exit paths.