linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: relax check on H_SVM_INIT

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Date:   Wed, 20 May 2020 19:32:59 +0200
From:   Greg Kurz <groug@...d.org>
To:     Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     kvm-ppc@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, paulus@...ba.org, mpe@...erman.id.au,
        sukadev@...ux.ibm.com, linuxram@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: relax check on H_SVM_INIT_ABORT

On Wed, 20 May 2020 18:51:10 +0200
Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com> wrote:

> The commit 8c47b6ff29e3 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Check caller of H_SVM_*
> Hcalls") added checks of secure bit of SRR1 to filter out the Hcall
> reserved to the Ultravisor.
> 
> However, the Hcall H_SVM_INIT_ABORT is made by the Ultravisor passing the
> context of the VM calling UV_ESM. This allows the Hypervisor to return to
> the guest without going through the Ultravisor. Thus the Secure bit of SRR1
> is not set in that particular case.
> 
> In the case a regular VM is calling H_SVM_INIT_ABORT, this hcall will be
> filtered out in kvmppc_h_svm_init_abort() because kvm->arch.secure_guest is
> not set in that case.
> 

Why not checking vcpu->kvm->arch.secure_guest then ?

> Fixes: 8c47b6ff29e3 ("KVM: PPC: Book3S HV: Check caller of H_SVM_* Hcalls")
> Signed-off-by: Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c | 4 +---
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> index 93493f0cbfe8..eb1f96cb7b72 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
> @@ -1099,9 +1099,7 @@ int kvmppc_pseries_do_hcall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  			ret = kvmppc_h_svm_init_done(vcpu->kvm);
>  		break;
>  	case H_SVM_INIT_ABORT:
> -		ret = H_UNSUPPORTED;
> -		if (kvmppc_get_srr1(vcpu) & MSR_S)
> -			ret = kvmppc_h_svm_init_abort(vcpu->kvm);

or at least put a comment to explain why H_SVM_INIT_ABORT
doesn't have the same sanity check as the other SVM hcalls.

> +		ret = kvmppc_h_svm_init_abort(vcpu->kvm);
>  		break;
>  
>  	default: