linux-kernel - [PATCH 11/12] x86/sev: Handle CLFLUSH MMIO events

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Message-Id: <20210721142015.1401-12-joro@8bytes.org>
Date:   Wed, 21 Jul 2021 16:20:14 +0200
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     x86@...nel.org, Eric Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Cc:     kexec@...ts.infradead.org, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        hpa@...or.com, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Jiri Slaby <jslaby@...e.cz>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Cfir Cohen <cfir@...gle.com>,
        Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@...gle.com>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        Mike Stunes <mstunes@...are.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Martin Radev <martin.b.radev@...il.com>,
        Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH 11/12] x86/sev: Handle CLFLUSH MMIO events

From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>

Handle CLFLUSH instruction to MMIO memory in the #VC handler. The
instruction is ignored by the handler, as the Hypervisor is
responsible for cache management of emulated MMIO memory.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
index a7a0793c4f98..682fa202444f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev-shared.c
@@ -632,6 +632,15 @@ static enum es_result vc_handle_mmio_twobyte_ops(struct ghcb *ghcb,
 	long *reg_data;
 
 	switch (insn->opcode.bytes[1]) {
+		/* CLFLUSH */
+	case 0xae:
+		/*
+		 * Ignore CLFLUSHes - those go to emulated MMIO anyway and the
+		 * hypervisor is responsible for cache management.
+		 */
+		ret = ES_OK;
+		break;
+
 		/* MMIO Read w/ zero-extension */
 	case 0xb6:
 		bytes = 1;
-- 
2.31.1