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Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:26:37 -0400
From: Tony Krowiak <akrowiak@...ux.ibm.com>
To: linux-s390@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc: freude@...ux.ibm.com, borntraeger@...ibm.com, cohuck@...hat.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v8 00/16] s390/vfio-ap: dynamic configuration support
I would greatly appreciate some attention to this patch series ... Please?
On 6/5/20 5:39 PM, Tony Krowiak wrote:
> Note: Patch 1 - s390/ap: introduce new ap function ap_get_qdev() - is not
> a part of this series. It is a forthcoming patch that is a
> prerequisite to this series and is being provided so this series
> will compile.
>
> The current design for AP pass-through does not support making dynamic
> changes to the AP matrix of a running guest resulting in a few
> deficiencies this patch series is intended to mitigate:
>
> 1. Adapters, domains and control domains can not be added to or removed
> from a running guest. In order to modify a guest's AP configuration,
> the guest must be terminated; only then can AP resources be assigned
> to or unassigned from the guest's matrix mdev. The new AP
> configuration becomes available to the guest when it is subsequently
> restarted.
>
> 2. The AP bus's /sys/bus/ap/apmask and /sys/bus/ap/aqmask interfaces can
> be modified by a root user without any restrictions. A change to
> either mask can result in AP queue devices being unbound from the
> vfio_ap device driver and bound to a zcrypt device driver even if a
> guest is using the queues, thus giving the host access to the guest's
> private crypto data and vice versa.
>
> 3. The APQNs derived from the Cartesian product of the APIDs of the
> adapters and APQIs of the domains assigned to a matrix mdev must
> reference an AP queue device bound to the vfio_ap device driver. The
> AP architecture allows assignment of AP resources that are not
> available to the system, so this artificial restriction is not
> compliant with the architecture.
>
> 4. The AP configuration profile can be dynamically changed for the linux
> host after a KVM guest is started. For example, a new domain can be
> dynamically added to the configuration profile via the SE or an HMC
> connected to a DPM enabled lpar. Likewise, AP adapters can be
> dynamically configured (online state) and deconfigured (standby state)
> using the SE, an SCLP command or an HMC connected to a DPM enabled
> lpar. This can result in inadvertent sharing of AP queues between the
> guest and host.
>
> 5. A root user can manually unbind an AP queue device representing a
> queue in use by a KVM guest via the vfio_ap device driver's sysfs
> unbind attribute. In this case, the guest will be using a queue that
> is not bound to the driver which violates the device model.
>
> This patch series introduces the following changes to the current design
> to alleviate the shortcomings described above as well as to implement
> more of the AP architecture:
>
> 1. A root user will be prevented from making changes to the AP bus's
> /sys/bus/ap/apmask or /sys/bus/ap/aqmask if the ownership of an APQN
> changes from the vfio_ap device driver to a zcrypt driver when the
> APQN is assigned to a matrix mdev.
>
> 2. Allow a root user to hot plug/unplug AP adapters, domains and control
> domains using the matrix mdev's assign/unassign attributes.
>
> 4. Allow assignment of an AP adapter or domain to a matrix mdev even if
> it results in assignment of an APQN that does not reference an AP
> queue device bound to the vfio_ap device driver, as long as the APQN
> is not reserved for use by the default zcrypt drivers (also known as
> over-provisioning of AP resources). Allowing over-provisioning of AP
> resources better models the architecture which does not preclude
> assigning AP resources that are not yet available in the system. Such
> APQNs, however, will not be assigned to the guest using the matrix
> mdev; only APQNs referencing AP queue devices bound to the vfio_ap
> device driver will actually get assigned to the guest.
>
> 5. Handle dynamic changes to the AP device model.
>
> 1. Rationale for changes to AP bus's apmask/aqmask interfaces:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Due to the extremely sensitive nature of cryptographic data, it is
> imperative that great care be taken to ensure that such data is secured.
> Allowing a root user, either inadvertently or maliciously, to configure
> these masks such that a queue is shared between the host and a guest is
> not only avoidable, it is advisable. It was suggested that this scenario
> is better handled in user space with management software, but that does
> not preclude a malicious administrator from using the sysfs interfaces
> to gain access to a guest's crypto data. It was also suggested that this
> scenario could be avoided by taking access to the adapter away from the
> guest and zeroing out the queues prior to the vfio_ap driver releasing the
> device; however, stealing an adapter in use from a guest as a by-product
> of an operation is bad and will likely cause problems for the guest
> unnecessarily. It was decided that the most effective solution with the
> least number of negative side effects is to prevent the situation at the
> source.
>
> 2. Rationale for hot plug/unplug using matrix mdev sysfs interfaces:
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
> Allowing a user to hot plug/unplug AP resources using the matrix mdev
> sysfs interfaces circumvents the need to terminate the guest in order to
> modify its AP configuration. Allowing dynamic configuration makes
> reconfiguring a guest's AP matrix much less disruptive.
>
> 3. Rationale for allowing over-provisioning of AP resources:
> -----------------------------------------------------------
> Allowing assignment of AP resources to a matrix mdev and ultimately to a
> guest better models the AP architecture. The architecture does not
> preclude assignment of unavailable AP resources. If a queue subsequently
> becomes available while a guest using the matrix mdev to which its APQN
> is assigned, the guest will be given access to it. If an APQN
> is dynamically unassigned from the underlying host system, it will
> automatically become unavailable to the guest.
>
> Change log v6-v7:
> ----------------
> * Added callbacks to AP bus:
> - on_config_changed: Notifies implementing drivers that
> the AP configuration has changed since last AP device scan.
> - on_scan_complete: Notifies implementing drivers that the device scan
> has completed.
> - implemented on_config_changed and on_scan_complete callbacks for
> vfio_ap device driver.
> - updated vfio_ap device driver's probe and remove callbacks to handle
> dynamic changes to the AP device model.
> * Added code to filter APQNs when assigning AP resources to a KVM guest's
> CRYCB
>
> Change log v7-v8:
> ----------------
> * Now logging a message when an attempt to reserve APQNs for the zcrypt
> drivers will result in taking a queue away from a KVM guest to provide
> the sysadmin a way to ascertain why the sysfs operation failed.
>
> * Created locked and unlocked versions of the ap_parse_mask_str() function.
>
> * Now using new interface provided by an AP bus patch -
> s390/ap: introduce new ap function ap_get_qdev() - to retrieve
> struct ap_queue representing an AP queue device. This patch is not a
> part of this series but is a prerequisite for this series.
>
> Change log v6-v7:
> ----------------
>
> Change log v5-v6:
> ----------------
> * Fixed a bug in ap_bus.c introduced with patch 2/7 of the v5
> series. Harald Freudenberer pointed out that the mutex lock
> for ap_perms_mutex in the apmask_store and aqmask_store functions
> was not being freed.
>
> * Removed patch 6/7 which added logging to the vfio_ap driver
> to expedite acceptance of this series. The logging will be introduced
> with a separate patch series to allow more time to explore options
> such as DBF logging vs. tracepoints.
>
> * Added 3 patches related to ensuring that APQNs that do not reference
> AP queue devices bound to the vfio_ap device driver are not assigned
> to the guest CRYCB:
>
> Patch 4: Filter CRYCB bits for unavailable queue devices
> Patch 5: sysfs attribute to display the guest CRYCB
> Patch 6: update guest CRYCB in vfio_ap probe and remove callbacks
>
> * Added a patch (Patch 9) to version the vfio_ap module.
>
> * Reshuffled patches to allow the in_use callback implementation to
> invoke the vfio_ap_mdev_verify_no_sharing() function introduced in
> patch 2.
>
> Change log v4-v5:
> ----------------
> * Added a patch to provide kernel s390dbf debug logs for VFIO AP
>
> Change log v3->v4:
> -----------------
> * Restored patches preventing root user from changing ownership of
> APQNs from zcrypt drivers to the vfio_ap driver if the APQN is
> assigned to an mdev.
>
> * No longer enforcing requirement restricting guest access to
> queues represented by a queue device bound to the vfio_ap
> device driver.
>
> * Removed shadow CRYCB and now directly updating the guest CRYCB
> from the matrix mdev's matrix.
>
> * Rebased the patch series on top of 'vfio: ap: AP Queue Interrupt
> Control' patches.
>
> * Disabled bind/unbind sysfs interfaces for vfio_ap driver
>
> Change log v2->v3:
> -----------------
> * Allow guest access to an AP queue only if the queue is bound to
> the vfio_ap device driver.
>
> * Removed the patch to test CRYCB masks before taking the vCPUs
> out of SIE. Now checking the shadow CRYCB in the vfio_ap driver.
>
> Change log v1->v2:
> -----------------
> * Removed patches preventing root user from unbinding AP queues from
> the vfio_ap device driver
> * Introduced a shadow CRYCB in the vfio_ap driver to manage dynamic
> changes to the AP guest configuration due to root user interventions
> or hardware anomalies.
>
> Harald Freudenberger (2):
> s390/ap: introduce new ap function ap_get_qdev()
> s390/zcrypt: Notify driver on config changed and scan complete
> callbacks
>
> Tony Krowiak (14):
> s390/vfio-ap: use new AP bus interface to search for queue devices
> s390/vfio-ap: manage link between queue struct and matrix mdev
> s390/zcrypt: driver callback to indicate resource in use
> s390/vfio-ap: implement in-use callback for vfio_ap driver
> s390/vfio-ap: introduce shadow APCB
> s390/vfio-ap: sysfs attribute to display the guest's matrix
> s390/vfio-ap: filter matrix for unavailable queue devices
> s390/vfio_ap: add qlink from ap_matrix_mdev struct to vfio_ap_queue
> struct
> s390/vfio-ap: allow assignment of unavailable AP queues to mdev device
> s390/vfio-ap: allow configuration of matrix mdev in use by a KVM guest
> s390/vfio-ap: allow hot plug/unplug of AP resources using mdev device
> s390/vfio-ap: handle host AP config change notification
> s390/vfio-ap: handle AP bus scan completed notification
> s390/vfio-ap: handle probe/remove not due to host AP config changes
>
> drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.c | 417 +++++++--
> drivers/s390/crypto/ap_bus.h | 41 +-
> drivers/s390/crypto/ap_card.c | 47 +-
> drivers/s390/crypto/ap_queue.c | 10 +-
> drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_drv.c | 34 +-
> drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_ops.c | 1165 ++++++++++++++++++++-----
> drivers/s390/crypto/vfio_ap_private.h | 23 +-
> 7 files changed, 1339 insertions(+), 398 deletions(-)
>
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