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Message-ID: <Yn5tiZL7EH2kYWiJ@iki.fi>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 17:39:05 +0300
From: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
To: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
Cc: dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, tglx@...utronix.de, bp@...en8.de,
luto@...nel.org, mingo@...hat.com, linux-sgx@...r.kernel.org,
x86@...nel.org, haitao.huang@...el.com, hpa@...or.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 1/5] x86/sgx: Disconnect backing page references from
dirty status
On Thu, May 12, 2022 at 02:50:57PM -0700, Reinette Chatre wrote:
> SGX uses shmem backing storage to store encrypted enclave pages
> and their crypto metadata when enclave pages are moved out of
> enclave memory. Two shmem backing storage pages are associated with
> each enclave page - one backing page to contain the encrypted
> enclave page data and one backing page (shared by a few
> enclave pages) to contain the crypto metadata used by the
> processor to verify the enclave page when it is loaded back into
> the enclave.
>
> sgx_encl_put_backing() is used to release references to the
> backing storage and, optionally, mark both backing store pages
> as dirty.
>
> Managing references and dirty status together in this way results
> in both backing store pages marked as dirty, even if only one of
> the backing store pages are changed.
>
> Additionally, waiting until the page reference is dropped to set
> the page dirty risks a race with the page fault handler that
> may load outdated data into the enclave when a page is faulted
> right after it is reclaimed.
>
> Consider what happens if the reclaimer writes a page to the backing
> store and the page is immediately faulted back, before the reclaimer
> is able to set the dirty bit of the page:
>
> sgx_reclaim_pages() { sgx_vma_fault() {
> ...
> sgx_encl_get_backing();
> ... ...
> sgx_reclaimer_write() {
> mutex_lock(&encl->lock);
> /* Write data to backing store */
> mutex_unlock(&encl->lock);
> }
> mutex_lock(&encl->lock);
> __sgx_encl_eldu() {
> ...
> /*
> * Enclave backing store
> * page not released
> * nor marked dirty -
> * contents may not be
> * up to date.
> */
> sgx_encl_get_backing();
> ...
> /*
> * Enclave data restored
> * from backing store
> * and PCMD pages that
> * are not up to date.
> * ENCLS[ELDU] faults
> * because of MAC or PCMD
> * checking failure.
> */
> sgx_encl_put_backing();
> }
> ...
> /* set page dirty */
> sgx_encl_put_backing();
> ...
> mutex_unlock(&encl->lock);
> } }
>
> Remove the option to sgx_encl_put_backing() to set the backing
> pages as dirty and set the needed pages as dirty right after
> receiving important data while enclave mutex is held. This ensures that
> the page fault handler can get up to date data from a page and prepares
> the code for a following change where only one of the backing pages
> need to be marked as dirty.
>
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> Fixes: 1728ab54b4be ("x86/sgx: Add a page reclaimer")
> Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Tested-by: Haitao Huang <haitao.huang@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@...el.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/8922e48f-6646-c7cc-6393-7c78dcf23d23@intel.com/
> ---
> Changes since V2:
> - Mark page as dirty after receiving important data, not before. (Dave)
> - Add cc to stable and include link to discussion. (Dave)
> - Update changelog and move changelog description of race between reclaimer
> and page fault handler from later in series to this patch.
> - Add Haitao's Tested-by tag.
>
> Changes since RFC v1:
> - New patch.
>
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c | 10 ++--------
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h | 2 +-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c | 6 ++++--
> 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> index 7c63a1911fae..398695a20605 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ static int __sgx_encl_eldu(struct sgx_encl_page *encl_page,
> kunmap_atomic(pcmd_page);
> kunmap_atomic((void *)(unsigned long)pginfo.contents);
>
> - sgx_encl_put_backing(&b, false);
> + sgx_encl_put_backing(&b);
>
> sgx_encl_truncate_backing_page(encl, page_index);
>
> @@ -645,15 +645,9 @@ int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long page_index,
> /**
> * sgx_encl_put_backing() - Unpin the backing storage
> * @backing: data for accessing backing storage for the page
> - * @do_write: mark pages dirty
> */
> -void sgx_encl_put_backing(struct sgx_backing *backing, bool do_write)
> +void sgx_encl_put_backing(struct sgx_backing *backing)
> {
> - if (do_write) {
> - set_page_dirty(backing->pcmd);
> - set_page_dirty(backing->contents);
> - }
> -
> put_page(backing->pcmd);
> put_page(backing->contents);
> }
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> index fec43ca65065..d44e7372151f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> @@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ void sgx_encl_release(struct kref *ref);
> int sgx_encl_mm_add(struct sgx_encl *encl, struct mm_struct *mm);
> int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long page_index,
> struct sgx_backing *backing);
> -void sgx_encl_put_backing(struct sgx_backing *backing, bool do_write);
> +void sgx_encl_put_backing(struct sgx_backing *backing);
> int sgx_encl_test_and_clear_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
> struct sgx_encl_page *page);
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> index 8e4bc6453d26..e71df40a4f38 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> @@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ static int __sgx_encl_ewb(struct sgx_epc_page *epc_page, void *va_slot,
> backing->pcmd_offset;
>
> ret = __ewb(&pginfo, sgx_get_epc_virt_addr(epc_page), va_slot);
> + set_page_dirty(backing->pcmd);
> + set_page_dirty(backing->contents);
>
> kunmap_atomic((void *)(unsigned long)(pginfo.metadata -
> backing->pcmd_offset));
> @@ -320,7 +322,7 @@ static void sgx_reclaimer_write(struct sgx_epc_page *epc_page,
> sgx_encl_free_epc_page(encl->secs.epc_page);
> encl->secs.epc_page = NULL;
>
> - sgx_encl_put_backing(&secs_backing, true);
> + sgx_encl_put_backing(&secs_backing);
> }
>
> out:
> @@ -411,7 +413,7 @@ static void sgx_reclaim_pages(void)
>
> encl_page = epc_page->owner;
> sgx_reclaimer_write(epc_page, &backing[i]);
> - sgx_encl_put_backing(&backing[i], true);
> + sgx_encl_put_backing(&backing[i]);
>
> kref_put(&encl_page->encl->refcount, sgx_encl_release);
> epc_page->flags &= ~SGX_EPC_PAGE_RECLAIMER_TRACKED;
> --
> 2.25.1
>
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@...nel.org>
BR, Jarkko
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