linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: nVMX: Properly handle kvm_read/write_guest

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Date:   Mon, 08 Jun 2020 10:20:44 +0200
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] KVM: nVMX: Properly handle kvm_read/write_guest_virt*() result

Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 05, 2020 at 01:59:05PM +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
>> Introduce vmx_handle_memory_failure() as an interim solution.
>
> Heh, "interim".  I'll take the over on that :-D.
>

We just need a crazy but real use-case to start acting :-)

>> Note, nested_vmx_get_vmptr() now has three possible outcomes: OK, PF,
>> KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR and callers need to know if userspace exit is
>> needed (for KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR) in case of failure. We don't seem
>> to have a good enum describing this tristate, just add "int *ret" to
>> nested_vmx_get_vmptr() interface to pass the information.

On a loosely related note, while writing this patch I was struggling
with our exit handlers calling convention (that the return value is '1'
- return to the guest, '0' - return to userspace successfully, '< 0' -
return to userspace with an error). This is intertwined with normal
int/bool functions and make it hard to read. At the very minimum we can
introduce an enum for 0/1 return values from exit handlers. Or, maybe,
we can introduce KVM_REQ_USERSPACE_EXIT/KVM_REQ_INTERNAL_ERROR/.. and
make all the exit handlers normal functions returning 0/error?

>> 
>> Reported-by: syzbot+2a7156e11dc199bdbd8a@...kaller.appspotmail.com
>> Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
>> ---
>
> ...
>
>> +/*
>> + * Handles kvm_read/write_guest_virt*() result and either injects #PF or returns
>> + * KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR for cases not currently handled by KVM. Return value
>> + * indicates whether exit to userspace is needed.
>> + */
>> +int vmx_handle_memory_failure(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int r,
>> +			      struct x86_exception *e)
>> +{
>> +	if (r == X86EMUL_PROPAGATE_FAULT) {
>> +		kvm_inject_emulated_page_fault(vcpu, e);
>> +		return 1;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/*
>> +	 * In case kvm_read/write_guest_virt*() failed with X86EMUL_IO_NEEDED
>> +	 * while handling a VMX instruction KVM could've handled the request
>
> A nit similar to your observation on the shortlog, this isn't limited to VMX
> instructions.
>

Yea, it all started with nested_vmx_get_vmptr() then Paolo discovered
vmwrite/vmread/vmptrst/invept/invvpid and then I discovered invpcid but
forgot to update the comment ...

>> +	 * correctly by exiting to userspace and performing I/O but there
>> +	 * doesn't seem to be a real use-case behind such requests, just return
>> +	 * KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR for now.
>> +	 */
>> +	vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
>> +	vcpu->run->internal.suberror = KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_EMULATION;
>> +	vcpu->run->internal.ndata = 0;
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>

-- 
Vitaly