linux-kernel - Re: x86/fpu/xsave: protection key test failures

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Date:   Tue, 25 May 2021 15:28:56 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Dave Kleikamp <dave.kleikamp@...cle.com>,
        Babu Moger <babu.moger@....com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: x86/fpu/xsave: protection key test failures

On 5/25/21 3:22 PM, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> On 5/25/21 5:18 PM, Dave Hansen wrote:
>> What values do PKRU and the shadow have when the test fails?  Is PKRU 0?
>>   Any idea how xfeatures&0x200 got clear?
> 
> I did observe that PKRU is 0 right before the failure.
> 
> Shouldn't this still be a valid value?

It's architecturall *valid* in the hardware for sure, but nothing in the
tests or the kernel should ever set PKRU=0.  The selftest is noticing
that it ends up at a value that's entirely unexpected and properly
bugging out.

The reason I'm suspecting an XRSTOR is that the kernel always calls

	XRSTOR(RFBM=-1)

setting all of the bits in the Requested Feature BitMap (RFBM).  If
RFBM[X]=1 and XSTATE_BV[i]=0 (XSTATE_BV is 'xfeatures' in the traces),
then the state component is set to its initial configuration, which for
PKRU is 0.

That's why I'm asking how xfeatures&0x200 got clear.