linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 6/7] KVM: X86: Expose PKS to guest and userspace

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Date:   Tue, 26 Jan 2021 21:05:55 +0100
From:   Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@...el.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC 6/7] KVM: X86: Expose PKS to guest and userspace

On 26/01/21 20:56, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>>> It does belong in the mmu_role_bits though;-)
>>
>> Does it?  We don't support PKU/PKS for shadow paging, and it's always zero
>> for EPT.  We only support enough PKU/PKS for emulation.
>
> As proposed, yes. The PKU/PKS mask is tracked on a per-mmu basis, e.g. 
> computed in update_pkr_bitmask() and consumed in permission_fault() 
> during emulation. Omitting CR4.PKS from the extended role could let KVM 
> reuse an MMU with the wrong pkr_mask.

Right, not for the hash table key but for reuse.

> IIUC, the logic is PKU|PKS, with pkr_mask generation being PKU vs. PKS agnostic.

Not in the patches as submitted, but it's what I suggested indeed (using 
one bit of the PFEC to pick one of CR4.PKE and CR4.PKS).

> Another option would be to move the tracking out of the MMU, e.g. make pkr_mask
> per-vCPU and recalculate when CR4 changes.  I think that would "just work", even
> when nested VMs are in play?

Yeah, pkr_mask is basically one of four constants (depending on CR4.PKE 
and CR4.PKS) so recalculating when CR4 changes would work too.  But I'm 
okay with doing that later, too.

Paolo