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Date:   Thu, 3 Jun 2021 09:23:58 +0800
From:   Tao Xu <tao3.xu@...el.com>
To:     Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, pbonzini@...hat.com,
        seanjc@...gle.com, wanpengli@...cent.com, jmattson@...gle.com,
        joro@...tes.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
        bp@...en8.de, hpa@...or.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: VMX: Enable Notify VM exit


On 6/2/21 6:31 PM, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> Tao Xu <tao3.xu@...el.com> writes:
> 
>> There are some cases that malicious virtual machines can cause CPU stuck
>> (event windows don't open up), e.g., infinite loop in microcode when
>> nested #AC (CVE-2015-5307). No event window obviously means no events,
>> e.g. NMIs, SMIs, and IRQs will all be blocked, may cause the related
>> hardware CPU can't be used by host or other VM.
>>
>> To resolve those cases, it can enable a notify VM exit if no event
>> window occur in VMX non-root mode for a specified amount of time
>> (notify window). Since CPU is first observed the risk of not causing
>> forward progress, after notify window time in a units of crystal clock,
>> Notify VM exit will happen. Notify VM exit can happen incident to delivery
>> of a vectored event.
>>
>> Expose a module param for configuring notify window, which is in unit of
>> crystal clock cycle.
>> - A negative value (e.g. -1) is to disable this feature.
>> - Make the default as 0. It is safe because an internal threshold is added
>> to notify window to ensure all the normal instructions being coverd.
>> - User can set it to a large value when they want to give more cycles to
>> wait for some reasons, e.g., silicon wrongly kill some normal instruction
>> due to internal threshold is too small.
>>
>> Notify VM exit is defined in latest Intel Architecture Instruction Set
>> Extensions Programming Reference, chapter 9.2.
>>
>> Co-developed-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Tao Xu <tao3.xu@...el.com>
>> ---
>>
>> Changelog:
>> v2:
>>       Default set notify window to 0, less than 0 to disable.
>>       Add more description in commit message.
> 
> Sorry if this was already discussed, but in case of nested
> virtualization and when L1 also enables
> SECONDARY_EXEC_NOTIFY_VM_EXITING, shouldn't we just reflect NOTIFY exits
> during L2 execution to L1 instead of crashing the whole L1?
> 
Notify VM Exit will not crash L1 guest if VM context valid in exit 
qualification. After VM exit, VMM can resume the guest normally.
>> ---
>>   arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h         |  7 +++++
>>   arch/x86/include/asm/vmxfeatures.h |  1 +
>>   arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h    |  4 ++-
>>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h    |  6 +++++
>>   arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c             | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>>   include/uapi/linux/kvm.h           |  2 ++
>>   6 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
>> index 0ffaa3156a4e..9104c85a973f 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
>> @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
>>   #define SECONDARY_EXEC_TSC_SCALING              VMCS_CONTROL_BIT(TSC_SCALING)
>>   #define SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_USR_WAIT_PAUSE	VMCS_CONTROL_BIT(USR_WAIT_PAUSE)
>>   #define SECONDARY_EXEC_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION	VMCS_CONTROL_BIT(BUS_LOCK_DETECTION)
>> +#define SECONDARY_EXEC_NOTIFY_VM_EXITING	VMCS_CONTROL_BIT(NOTIFY_VM_EXITING)
>>   
>>   #define PIN_BASED_EXT_INTR_MASK                 VMCS_CONTROL_BIT(INTR_EXITING)
>>   #define PIN_BASED_NMI_EXITING                   VMCS_CONTROL_BIT(NMI_EXITING)
>> @@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ enum vmcs_field {
>>   	SECONDARY_VM_EXEC_CONTROL       = 0x0000401e,
>>   	PLE_GAP                         = 0x00004020,
>>   	PLE_WINDOW                      = 0x00004022,
>> +	NOTIFY_WINDOW                   = 0x00004024,
>>   	VM_INSTRUCTION_ERROR            = 0x00004400,
>>   	VM_EXIT_REASON                  = 0x00004402,
>>   	VM_EXIT_INTR_INFO               = 0x00004404,
>> @@ -555,6 +557,11 @@ enum vm_entry_failure_code {
>>   #define EPT_VIOLATION_EXECUTABLE	(1 << EPT_VIOLATION_EXECUTABLE_BIT)
>>   #define EPT_VIOLATION_GVA_TRANSLATED	(1 << EPT_VIOLATION_GVA_TRANSLATED_BIT)
>>   
>> +/*
>> + * Exit Qualifications for NOTIFY VM EXIT
>> + */
>> +#define NOTIFY_VM_CONTEXT_INVALID     BIT(0)
>> +
>>   /*
>>    * VM-instruction error numbers
>>    */
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmxfeatures.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmxfeatures.h
>> index d9a74681a77d..15f0f2ab4f95 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmxfeatures.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmxfeatures.h
>> @@ -84,5 +84,6 @@
>>   #define VMX_FEATURE_USR_WAIT_PAUSE	( 2*32+ 26) /* Enable TPAUSE, UMONITOR, UMWAIT in guest */
>>   #define VMX_FEATURE_ENCLV_EXITING	( 2*32+ 28) /* "" VM-Exit on ENCLV (leaf dependent) */
>>   #define VMX_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION	( 2*32+ 30) /* "" VM-Exit when bus lock caused */
>> +#define VMX_FEATURE_NOTIFY_VM_EXITING	( 2*32+ 31) /* VM-Exit when no event windows after notify window */
>>   
>>   #endif /* _ASM_X86_VMXFEATURES_H */
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
>> index 946d761adbd3..ef4c80f6553e 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h
>> @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
>>   #define EXIT_REASON_UMWAIT              67
>>   #define EXIT_REASON_TPAUSE              68
>>   #define EXIT_REASON_BUS_LOCK            74
>> +#define EXIT_REASON_NOTIFY              75
>>   
>>   #define VMX_EXIT_REASONS \
>>   	{ EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI,         "EXCEPTION_NMI" }, \
>> @@ -153,7 +154,8 @@
>>   	{ EXIT_REASON_XRSTORS,               "XRSTORS" }, \
>>   	{ EXIT_REASON_UMWAIT,                "UMWAIT" }, \
>>   	{ EXIT_REASON_TPAUSE,                "TPAUSE" }, \
>> -	{ EXIT_REASON_BUS_LOCK,              "BUS_LOCK" }
>> +	{ EXIT_REASON_BUS_LOCK,              "BUS_LOCK" }, \
>> +	{ EXIT_REASON_NOTIFY,                "NOTIFY"}
>>   
>>   #define VMX_EXIT_REASON_FLAGS \
>>   	{ VMX_EXIT_REASONS_FAILED_VMENTRY,	"FAILED_VMENTRY" }
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
>> index 8dee8a5fbc17..8527f34a84ac 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h
>> @@ -407,4 +407,10 @@ static inline u64 vmx_supported_debugctl(void)
>>   	return debugctl;
>>   }
>>   
>> +static inline bool cpu_has_notify_vm_exiting(void)
>> +{
>> +	return vmcs_config.cpu_based_2nd_exec_ctrl &
>> +		SECONDARY_EXEC_NOTIFY_VM_EXITING;
>> +}
>> +
>>   #endif /* __KVM_X86_VMX_CAPS_H */
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>> index 4bceb5ca3a89..c0ad01c88dac 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>> @@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ module_param(ple_window_max, uint, 0444);
>>   int __read_mostly pt_mode = PT_MODE_SYSTEM;
>>   module_param(pt_mode, int, S_IRUGO);
>>   
>> +/* Default is 0, less than 0 (for example, -1) disables notify window. */
>> +static int __read_mostly notify_window;
>> +module_param(notify_window, int, 0644);
>> +
>>   static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_should_flush);
>>   static DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(vmx_l1d_flush_cond);
>>   static DEFINE_MUTEX(vmx_l1d_flush_mutex);
>> @@ -2539,7 +2543,8 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf,
>>   			SECONDARY_EXEC_PT_USE_GPA |
>>   			SECONDARY_EXEC_PT_CONCEAL_VMX |
>>   			SECONDARY_EXEC_ENABLE_VMFUNC |
>> -			SECONDARY_EXEC_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION;
>> +			SECONDARY_EXEC_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION |
>> +			SECONDARY_EXEC_NOTIFY_VM_EXITING;
>>   		if (cpu_has_sgx())
>>   			opt2 |= SECONDARY_EXEC_ENCLS_EXITING;
>>   		if (adjust_vmx_controls(min2, opt2,
>> @@ -4376,6 +4381,9 @@ static void vmx_compute_secondary_exec_control(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
>>   	if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.bus_lock_detection_enabled)
>>   		exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_BUS_LOCK_DETECTION;
>>   
>> +	if (cpu_has_notify_vm_exiting() && notify_window < 0)
>> +		exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_NOTIFY_VM_EXITING;
>> +
>>   	vmx->secondary_exec_control = exec_control;
>>   }
>>   
>> @@ -4423,6 +4431,9 @@ static void init_vmcs(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
>>   		vmx->ple_window_dirty = true;
>>   	}
>>   
>> +	if (cpu_has_notify_vm_exiting() && notify_window >= 0)
>> +		vmcs_write32(NOTIFY_WINDOW, notify_window);
>> +
>>   	vmcs_write32(PAGE_FAULT_ERROR_CODE_MASK, 0);
>>   	vmcs_write32(PAGE_FAULT_ERROR_CODE_MATCH, 0);
>>   	vmcs_write32(CR3_TARGET_COUNT, 0);           /* 22.2.1 */
>> @@ -5642,6 +5653,31 @@ static int handle_bus_lock_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>   	return 0;
>>   }
>>   
>> +static int handle_notify(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>> +{
>> +	unsigned long exit_qual = vmx_get_exit_qual(vcpu);
>> +
>> +	if (!(exit_qual & NOTIFY_VM_CONTEXT_INVALID)) {
>> +		/*
>> +		 * Notify VM exit happened while executing iret from NMI,
>> +		 * "blocked by NMI" bit has to be set before next VM entry.
>> +		 */
>> +		if (enable_vnmi &&
>> +		    (exit_qual & INTR_INFO_UNBLOCK_NMI))
>> +			vmcs_set_bits(GUEST_INTERRUPTIBILITY_INFO,
>> +				      GUEST_INTR_STATE_NMI);
>> +
>> +		return 1;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
>> +	vcpu->run->internal.suberror = KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_NO_EVENT_WINDOW;
>> +	vcpu->run->internal.ndata = 1;
>> +	vcpu->run->internal.data[0] = exit_qual;
>> +
>> +	return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>   /*
>>    * The exit handlers return 1 if the exit was handled fully and guest execution
>>    * may resume.  Otherwise they set the kvm_run parameter to indicate what needs
>> @@ -5699,6 +5735,7 @@ static int (*kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[])(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) = {
>>   	[EXIT_REASON_PREEMPTION_TIMER]	      = handle_preemption_timer,
>>   	[EXIT_REASON_ENCLS]		      = handle_encls,
>>   	[EXIT_REASON_BUS_LOCK]                = handle_bus_lock_vmexit,
>> +	[EXIT_REASON_NOTIFY]		      = handle_notify,
>>   };
>>   
>>   static const int kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers =
>> @@ -6042,7 +6079,8 @@ static int __vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, fastpath_t exit_fastpath)
>>   	     exit_reason.basic != EXIT_REASON_EPT_VIOLATION &&
>>   	     exit_reason.basic != EXIT_REASON_PML_FULL &&
>>   	     exit_reason.basic != EXIT_REASON_APIC_ACCESS &&
>> -	     exit_reason.basic != EXIT_REASON_TASK_SWITCH)) {
>> +	     exit_reason.basic != EXIT_REASON_TASK_SWITCH &&
>> +	     exit_reason.basic != EXIT_REASON_NOTIFY)) {
>>   		int ndata = 3;
>>   
>>   		vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
>> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> index 3fd9a7e9d90c..bb3b49b1fb0d 100644
>> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
>> @@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ struct kvm_xen_exit {
>>   #define KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_DELIVERY_EV	3
>>   /* Encounter unexpected vm-exit reason */
>>   #define KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_UNEXPECTED_EXIT_REASON	4
>> +/* Encounter notify vm-exit */
>> +#define KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_NO_EVENT_WINDOW   5
>>   
>>   /* for KVM_RUN, returned by mmap(vcpu_fd, offset=0) */
>>   struct kvm_run {
> 

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