Message-ID: <CAMkAt6rj94Mzb6HBaqQbi7HHfhS4q1O4fxO8M7Xe=TZeZ0zZOg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Nov 2021 08:32:38 -0700
From:   Peter Gonda <pgonda@...gle.com>
To:     Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com>
Cc:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>, Thomas.Lendacky@....com,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Marc Orr <marcorr@...gle.com>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        John Allen <john.allen@....com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 4/4] crypto: ccp - Add SEV_INIT_EX support

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 3:20 PM Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@....com> wrote:
>
>
>
> On 11/9/21 2:46 PM, Peter Gonda wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 1:26 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Nov 09, 2021, Peter Gonda wrote:
> >>> On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 10:21 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
> >>>> There's no need for this to be a function pointer, and the duplicate code can be
> >>>> consolidated.
> >>>>
> >>>> static int sev_do_init_locked(int cmd, void *data, int *error)
> >>>> {
> >>>>          if (sev_es_tmr) {
> >>>>                  /*
> >>>>                   * Do not include the encryption mask on the physical
> >>>>                   * address of the TMR (firmware should clear it anyway).
> >>>>                   */
> >>>>                  data.flags |= SEV_INIT_FLAGS_SEV_ES;
> >>>>                  data.tmr_address = __pa(sev_es_tmr);
> >>>>                  data.tmr_len = SEV_ES_TMR_SIZE;
> >>>>          }
> >>>>          return __sev_do_cmd_locked(SEV_CMD_INIT, &data, error);
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> static int __sev_init_locked(int *error)
> >>>> {
> >>>>          struct sev_data_init data;
> >>>>
> >>>>          memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
> >>>>          return sev_do_init_locked(cmd, &data, error);
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> static int __sev_init_ex_locked(int *error)
> >>>> {
> >>>>          struct sev_data_init_ex data;
> >>>>
> >>>>          memset(&data, 0, sizeof(data));
> >>>>          data.length = sizeof(data);
> >>>>          data.nv_address = __psp_pa(sev_init_ex_nv_address);
> >>>>          data.nv_len = NV_LENGTH;
> >>>>          return sev_do_init_locked(SEV_CMD_INIT_EX, &data, error);
> >>>> }
> >>>
> >>> I am missing how this removes the duplication of the retry code,
> >>> parameter checking, and other error checking code.. With what you have
> >>> typed out I would assume I still need to function pointer between
> >>> __sev_init_ex_locked and __sev_init_locked. Can you please elaborate
> >>> here?
> >>
> >> Hmm.  Ah, I got distracted between the original thought, the realization that
> >> the two commands used different structs, and typing up the above.
> >>
> >>> Also is there some reason the function pointer is not acceptable?
> >>
> >> It's not unacceptable, it would just be nice to avoid, assuming the alternative
> >> is cleaner.  But I don't think any alternative is cleaner, since as you pointed
> >> out the above is a half-baked thought.
> >
> > OK I'll leave as is.
> >
> >>
> >>>>> +     rc = init_function(error);
> >>>>>        if (rc && *error == SEV_RET_SECURE_DATA_INVALID) {
> >>>>>                /*
> >>>>>                 * INIT command returned an integrity check failure
> >>>>> @@ -286,8 +423,8 @@ static int __sev_platform_init_locked(int *error)
> >>>>>                 * failed and persistent state has been erased.
> >>>>>                 * Retrying INIT command here should succeed.
> >>>>>                 */
> >>>>> -             dev_dbg(sev->dev, "SEV: retrying INIT command");
> >>>>> -             rc = __sev_do_cmd_locked(SEV_CMD_INIT, &data, error);
> >>>>> +             dev_notice(sev->dev, "SEV: retrying INIT command");
> >>>>> +             rc = init_function(error);
> >>>>
> >>>> The above comment says "persistent state has been erased", but __sev_do_cmd_locked()
> >>>> only writes back to the file if a relevant command was successful, which means
> >>>> that rereading the userspace file in __sev_init_ex_locked() will retry INIT_EX
> >>>> with the same garbage data.
> >>>
> >>> Ack my mistake, that comment is stale. I will update it so its correct
> >>> for the INIT and INIT_EX flows.
> >>>>
> >>>> IMO, the behavior should be to read the file on load and then use the kernel buffer
> >>>> without ever reloading (unless this is built as a module and is unloaded and reloaded).
> >>>> The writeback then becomes opportunistic in the sense that if it fails for some reason,
> >>>> the kernel's internal state isn't blasted away.
> >>>
> >>> One issue here is that the file read can fail on load so we use the
> >>> late retry to guarantee we can read the file.
> >>
> >> But why continue loading if reading the file fails on load?
> >>
> >>> The other point seems like preference. Users may wish to shutdown the PSP FW,
> >>> load a new file, and INIT_EX again with that new data. Why should we preclude
> >>> them from that functionality?
> >>
> >> I don't think we should preclude that functionality, but it needs to be explicitly
> >> tied to a userspace action, e.g. either on module load or on writing the param to
> >> change the path.  If the latter is allowed, then it needs to be denied if the PSP
> >> is initialized, otherwise the kernel will be in a non-coherent state and AFAICT
> >> userspace will have a heck of a time even understanding what state has been used
> >> to initialize the PSP.
> >
> > If this driver is builtin the filesystem will be unavailable during
> > __init. Using the existing retries already built into
> > sev_platform_init() also the file to be read once userspace is
> > running, meaning the file system is usable. As I tried to explain in
> > the commit message. We could remove the sev_platform_init call during
> > sev_pci_init since this only actually needs to be initialized when the
> > first command requiring it is issues (either reading some keys/certs
> > from the PSP or launching an SEV guest). Then userspace in both the
> > builtin and module usage would know running one of those commands
> > cause the file to be read for PSP usage. Tom any thoughts on this?
> >
>
> One thing to note is that if we do the INIT on the first command then
> the first guest launch will take a longer. The init command is not
> cheap (especially with the SNP, it may take a longer because it has to
> do all those RMP setup etc). IIRC, in my early SEV series in I was doing
> the INIT during the first command execution and based on the
> recommendation moved to do the init on probe.
>
> Should we add a module param to control whether to do INIT on probe or
> delay until the first command ?

Thats a good point Brijesh. I've only been testing this with SEV and
ES so haven't noticed that long setup time. I like the idea of a
module parameter to decide when to INIT, that should satisfy Sean's
concern that the user doesn't know when the INIT_EX file would be read
and that there is extra retry code (duplicated between sev_pci_init
and all the PSP commands). I'll get started on that.

>
> -Brijesh

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