linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] x86/e820: Tag e820

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Date:   Mon, 7 Feb 2022 13:56:14 -0800
From:   Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
To:     Martin Fernandez <martin.fernandez@...ypsium.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-efi@...r.kernel.org,
        platform-driver-x86@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
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        hughsient@...il.com, alex.bazhaniuk@...ypsium.com,
        alison.schofield@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 4/6] x86/e820: Tag e820_entry with crypto capabilities

On Thu, Feb 03, 2022 at 01:43:26PM -0300, Martin Fernandez wrote:
> Add a new enum for crypto capabilities.
> 
> Add a new member in e820_entry to hold whether an entry is able to do
> hardware memory encryption or not.
> 
> Add a new function e820__range_set_crypto_capable to mark all the
> entries in a range of addresses as encryptable. This will be called
> when initializing EFI.
> 
> Change e820__update_table to handle merging and overlap problems
> taking into account crypto_capable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Martin Fernandez <martin.fernandez@...ypsium.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h   |   1 +
>  arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h |  12 +++-
>  arch/x86/kernel/e820.c            | 114 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h
> index e8f58ddd06d9..4b3b01fafdd1 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/api.h
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ extern bool e820__mapped_all(u64 start, u64 end, enum e820_type type);
>  extern void e820__range_add   (u64 start, u64 size, enum e820_type type);
>  extern u64  e820__range_update(u64 start, u64 size, enum e820_type old_type, enum e820_type new_type);
>  extern u64  e820__range_remove(u64 start, u64 size, enum e820_type old_type, bool check_type);
> +extern u64  e820__range_set_crypto_capable(u64 start, u64 size);
>  
>  extern void e820__print_table(char *who);
>  extern int  e820__update_table(struct e820_table *table);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
> index 314f75d886d0..aef03c665f5e 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
> @@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ enum e820_type {
>  	E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN	= 128,
>  };
>  
> +enum e820_crypto_capabilities {
> +	E820_NOT_CRYPTO_CAPABLE	= 0,
> +	E820_CRYPTO_CAPABLE	= 1,
> +};

Is this expected to grow beyond a bool?

> +
>  /*
>   * A single E820 map entry, describing a memory range of [addr...addr+size-1],
>   * of 'type' memory type:
> @@ -53,9 +58,10 @@ enum e820_type {
>   * (We pack it because there can be thousands of them on large systems.)
>   */
>  struct e820_entry {
> -	u64			addr;
> -	u64			size;
> -	enum e820_type		type;
> +	u64				addr;
> +	u64				size;
> +	enum e820_type			type;
> +	enum e820_crypto_capabilities	crypto_capable;
>  } __attribute__((packed));

Is there any concern about growing this structure? The "thousands" note
in the comment is likely rare. FWIW, this seems fine to me, but I
thought I'd mention it.

-- 
Kees Cook