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Message-ID: <85414ca6-e135-2371-cbce-0f595a7b7a26@intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 9 Nov 2021 13:54:21 +0800
From:   Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@...el.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Xiaoyao Li <xiaoyao.li@...el.com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 3/7] KVM: X86: Expose IA32_PKRS MSR



On 11/9/2021 1:44 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2021, Chenyi Qiang wrote:
>> +	u32           pkrs;
> 
> ...
> 
>> @@ -1115,6 +1117,7 @@ void vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>   #endif
>>   	unsigned long fs_base, gs_base;
>>   	u16 fs_sel, gs_sel;
>> +	u32 host_pkrs;
> 
> As mentioned in the previosu patch, I think it makes sense to track this as a u64
> so that the only place in KVM that deas with the u64<=>u32 conversion is the below
> 
> 	host_pkrs = get_current_pkrs();
> 
>>   	int i;
>>   
>>   	vmx->req_immediate_exit = false;
>> @@ -1150,6 +1153,20 @@ void vmx_prepare_switch_to_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>>   	 */
>>   	host_state->ldt_sel = kvm_read_ldt();
>>   
>> +	/*
>> +	 * Update the host pkrs vmcs field before vcpu runs.
>> +	 * The setting of VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PKRS can ensure
>> +	 * kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_PKS) &&
>> +	 * guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_PKS)
>> +	 */
>> +	if (vm_exit_controls_get(vmx) & VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PKRS) {
>> +		host_pkrs = get_current_pkrs();
>> +		if (unlikely(host_pkrs != host_state->pkrs)) {
>> +			vmcs_write64(HOST_IA32_PKRS, host_pkrs);
>> +			host_state->pkrs = host_pkrs;
>> +		}
>> +	}
>> +
>>   #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
>>   	savesegment(ds, host_state->ds_sel);
>>   	savesegment(es, host_state->es_sel);
>> @@ -1371,6 +1388,15 @@ void vmx_set_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long rflags)
>>   		vmx->emulation_required = emulation_required(vcpu);
>>   }
>>   
>> +static void vmx_set_pkrs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 pkrs)
>> +{
> 
> Hrm.  Ideally this would be open coded in vmx_set_msr().  Long term, the RESET/INIT
> paths should really treat MSR updates as "normal" host_initiated writes instead of
> having to manually handle every MSR.
> 
> That would be a bit gross to handle in vmx_vcpu_reset() since it would have to
> create a struct msr_data (because __kvm_set_msr() isn't exposed to vendor code),
> but since vcpu->arch.pkrs is relevant to the MMU I think it makes sense to
> initiate the write from common x86.
> 
> E.g. this way there's not out-of-band special code, vmx_vcpu_reset() is kept clean,
> and if/when SVM gains support for PKRS this particular path Just Works.  And it would
> be an easy conversion for my pipe dream plan of handling MSRs at RESET/INIT via a
> list of MSRs+values.
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index ac83d873d65b..55881d13620f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -11147,6 +11147,9 @@ void kvm_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
>          kvm_set_rflags(vcpu, X86_EFLAGS_FIXED);
>          kvm_rip_write(vcpu, 0xfff0);
> 
> +       if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_PKS))
> +               __kvm_set_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PKRS, 0, true);
> +

Got it. In addition, is it necessary to add on-INIT check? like:

if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_PKS) && !init_event)
	__kvm_set_msr(vcpu, MSR_IA32_PKRS, 0, true);

PKRS should be preserved on INIT, not cleared. The SDM doesn't make this 
clear either.

>          vcpu->arch.cr3 = 0;
>          kvm_register_mark_dirty(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_CR3);
> 
>> +	if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_PKS)) {
>> +		vcpu->arch.pkrs = pkrs;
>> +		kvm_register_mark_available(vcpu, VCPU_EXREG_PKRS);
>> +		vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_PKRS, pkrs);
>> +	}
>> +}

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