Date:   Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:54:31 -0800
From:   ira.weiny@...el.com
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>, Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>,
        Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH V8 10/44] Documentation/pkeys: Add initial PKS documentation

From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>

Add initial overview and configuration information about PKS.

Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
---
 Documentation/core-api/protection-keys.rst | 57 ++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/protection-keys.rst b/Documentation/core-api/protection-keys.rst
index 12331db474aa..58670e3ee39e 100644
--- a/Documentation/core-api/protection-keys.rst
+++ b/Documentation/core-api/protection-keys.rst
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ PKeys Userspace (PKU) is a feature which is found on Intel's Skylake "Scalable
 Processor" Server CPUs and later.  And it will be available in future
 non-server Intel parts and future AMD processors.
 
+Protection Keys for Supervisor pages (PKS) is available in the SDM since May
+2020.
+
 pkeys work by dedicating 4 previously Reserved bits in each page table entry to
 a "protection key", giving 16 possible keys.
 
@@ -22,13 +25,20 @@ and Write Disable) for each of 16 keys.
 Being a CPU register, PKRU is inherently thread-local, potentially giving each
 thread a different set of protections from every other thread.
 
-There are two instructions (RDPKRU/WRPKRU) for reading and writing to the
-register.  The feature is only available in 64-bit mode, even though there is
+For Userspace (PKU), there are two instructions (RDPKRU/WRPKRU) for reading and
+writing to the register.
+
+For Supervisor (PKS), the register (MSR_IA32_PKRS) is accessible only to the
+kernel through rdmsr and wrmsr.
+
+The feature is only available in 64-bit mode, even though there is
 theoretically space in the PAE PTEs.  These permissions are enforced on data
 access only and have no effect on instruction fetches.
 
-Syscalls
-========
+
+
+Syscalls for user space keys
+============================
 
 There are 3 system calls which directly interact with pkeys::
 
@@ -95,3 +105,42 @@ with a read()::
 The kernel will send a SIGSEGV in both cases, but si_code will be set
 to SEGV_PKERR when violating protection keys versus SEGV_ACCERR when
 the plain mprotect() permissions are violated.
+
+
+Kernel API for PKS support
+==========================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+Similar to user space pkeys, supervisor pkeys allow additional protections to
+be defined for a supervisor mappings.  Unlike user space pkeys, violations of
+these protections result in a kernel oops.
+
+Supervisor Memory Protection Keys (PKS) is a feature which is found on Intel's
+Sapphire Rapids (and later) "Scalable Processor" Server CPUs.  It will also be
+available in future non-server Intel parts.
+
+Also qemu has support as well: https://www.qemu.org/2021/04/30/qemu-6-0-0/
+
+Kconfig
+-------
+Kernel users intending to use PKS support should depend on
+ARCH_HAS_SUPERVISOR_PKEYS, and select ARCH_ENABLE_SUPERVISOR_PKEYS to turn on
+this support within the core.
+
+
+MSR details
+-----------
+
+It should be noted that the underlying WRMSR(MSR_IA32_PKRS) is not serializing
+but still maintains ordering properties similar to WRPKRU.
+
+Older versions of the SDM on PKRS may be wrong with regard to this
+serialization.  The text should be the same as that of WRPKRU.  From the WRPKRU
+text:
+
+	WRPKRU will never execute transiently. Memory accesses
+	affected by PKRU register will not execute (even transiently)
+	until all prior executions of WRPKRU have completed execution
+	and updated the PKRU register.
-- 
2.31.1

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