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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2021 08:45:29 +0200
From: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: SVM: Delay restoration of host MSR_TSC_AUX until
return to userspace
On 22/04/21 02:17, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Use KVM's "user return MSRs" framework to defer restoring the host's
> MSR_TSC_AUX until the CPU returns to userspace. Add/improve comments to
> clarify why MSR_TSC_AUX is intercepted on both RDMSR and WRMSR, and why
> it's safe for KVM to keep the guest's value loaded even if KVM is
> scheduled out.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---
>
> v2: Rebased to kvm/queue (ish), commit 0e91d1992235 ("KVM: SVM: Allocate SEV
> command structures on local stack")
>
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 50 ++++++++++++++++++------------------------
> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 7 ------
> 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> index cd8c333ed2dc..596361449f25 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> @@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ struct kvm_ldttss_desc {
>
> DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct svm_cpu_data *, svm_data);
>
> +/*
> + * Only MSR_TSC_AUX is switched via the user return hook. EFER is switched via
> + * the VMCB, and the SYSCALL/SYSENTER MSRs are handled by VMLOAD/VMSAVE.
> + *
> + * RDTSCP and RDPID are not used in the kernel, specifically to allow KVM to
> + * defer the restoration of TSC_AUX until the CPU returns to userspace.
> + */
> +#define TSC_AUX_URET_SLOT 0
> +
> static const u32 msrpm_ranges[] = {0, 0xc0000000, 0xc0010000};
>
> #define NUM_MSR_MAPS ARRAY_SIZE(msrpm_ranges)
> @@ -958,6 +967,9 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
> kvm_tsc_scaling_ratio_frac_bits = 32;
> }
>
> + if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP))
> + kvm_define_user_return_msr(TSC_AUX_URET_SLOT, MSR_TSC_AUX);
> +
> /* Check for pause filtering support */
> if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PAUSEFILTER)) {
> pause_filter_count = 0;
> @@ -1423,19 +1435,10 @@ static void svm_prepare_guest_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
> struct svm_cpu_data *sd = per_cpu(svm_data, vcpu->cpu);
> - unsigned int i;
>
> if (svm->guest_state_loaded)
> return;
>
> - /*
> - * Certain MSRs are restored on VMEXIT (sev-es), or vmload of host save
> - * area (non-sev-es). Save ones that aren't so we can restore them
> - * individually later.
> - */
> - for (i = 0; i < NR_HOST_SAVE_USER_MSRS; i++)
> - rdmsrl(host_save_user_msrs[i], svm->host_user_msrs[i]);
> -
> /*
> * Save additional host state that will be restored on VMEXIT (sev-es)
> * or subsequent vmload of host save area.
> @@ -1454,29 +1457,15 @@ static void svm_prepare_guest_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> }
> }
>
> - /* This assumes that the kernel never uses MSR_TSC_AUX */
> if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP))
> - wrmsrl(MSR_TSC_AUX, svm->tsc_aux);
> + kvm_set_user_return_msr(TSC_AUX_URET_SLOT, svm->tsc_aux, -1ull);
>
> svm->guest_state_loaded = true;
> }
>
> static void svm_prepare_host_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> - struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
> - unsigned int i;
> -
> - if (!svm->guest_state_loaded)
> - return;
> -
> - /*
> - * Certain MSRs are restored on VMEXIT (sev-es), or vmload of host save
> - * area (non-sev-es). Restore the ones that weren't.
> - */
> - for (i = 0; i < NR_HOST_SAVE_USER_MSRS; i++)
> - wrmsrl(host_save_user_msrs[i], svm->host_user_msrs[i]);
> -
> - svm->guest_state_loaded = false;
> + to_svm(vcpu)->guest_state_loaded = false;
> }
>
> static void svm_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
> @@ -2893,12 +2882,15 @@ static int svm_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr)
> return 1;
>
> /*
> - * This is rare, so we update the MSR here instead of using
> - * direct_access_msrs. Doing that would require a rdmsr in
> - * svm_vcpu_put.
> + * TSC_AUX is usually changed only during boot and never read
> + * directly. Intercept TSC_AUX instead of exposing it to the
> + * guest via direct_acess_msrs, and switch it via user return.
> */
> svm->tsc_aux = data;
> - wrmsrl(MSR_TSC_AUX, svm->tsc_aux);
> +
> + preempt_disable();
> + kvm_set_user_return_msr(TSC_AUX_URET_SLOT, data, -1ull);
> + preempt_enable();
> break;
> case MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR:
> if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_LBRV)) {
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> index 454da1c1d9b7..9dce6f290041 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
> @@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
>
> #define __sme_page_pa(x) __sme_set(page_to_pfn(x) << PAGE_SHIFT)
>
> -static const u32 host_save_user_msrs[] = {
> - MSR_TSC_AUX,
> -};
> -#define NR_HOST_SAVE_USER_MSRS ARRAY_SIZE(host_save_user_msrs)
> -
> #define IOPM_SIZE PAGE_SIZE * 3
> #define MSRPM_SIZE PAGE_SIZE * 2
>
> @@ -128,8 +123,6 @@ struct vcpu_svm {
>
> u64 next_rip;
>
> - u64 host_user_msrs[NR_HOST_SAVE_USER_MSRS];
> -
> u64 spec_ctrl;
> /*
> * Contains guest-controlled bits of VIRT_SPEC_CTRL, which will be
>
Queued, thanks.
Paolo
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