linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 1/4] x86/sev: Put PSC struct on the stack in prep for unaccepted memory support

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Date:   Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:23:14 -0500
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <x86@...nel.org>
CC:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>,
        Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 1/4] x86/sev: Put PSC struct on the stack in prep for unaccepted memory support

In advance of providing support for unaccepted memory, switch from using
kmalloc() for allocating the Page State Change (PSC) structure to using a
local variable that lives on the stack. This is needed to avoid a possible
recursive call into set_pages_state() if the kmalloc() call requires
(more) memory to be accepted, which would result in a hang.

The current size of the PSC struct is 2,032 bytes. To make the struct more
stack friendly, reduce the number of PSC entries from 253 down to 64,
resulting in a size of 520 bytes. This is a nice compromise on struct size
and total PSC requests while still allowing parallel PSC operations across
vCPUs.

If the reduction in PSC entries results in any kind of performance issue
(that is not seen at the moment), use of a larger static PSC struct, with
fallback to the smaller stack version, can be investigated.

Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h |  9 +++++++--
 arch/x86/kernel/sev.c             | 10 ++--------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h
index b8357d6ecd47..6c3d61c5f6a3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sev-common.h
@@ -106,8 +106,13 @@ enum psc_op {
 #define GHCB_HV_FT_SNP			BIT_ULL(0)
 #define GHCB_HV_FT_SNP_AP_CREATION	BIT_ULL(1)
 
-/* SNP Page State Change NAE event */
-#define VMGEXIT_PSC_MAX_ENTRY		253
+/*
+ * SNP Page State Change NAE event
+ *   The VMGEXIT_PSC_MAX_ENTRY determines the size of the PSC structure,
+ *   which is a local variable (stack usage) in set_pages_state(). Do not
+ *   increase this value without evaluating the impact to stack usage.
+ */
+#define VMGEXIT_PSC_MAX_ENTRY		64
 
 struct psc_hdr {
 	u16 cur_entry;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
index c05f0124c410..d18a580dd048 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sev.c
@@ -868,11 +868,7 @@ static void __set_pages_state(struct snp_psc_desc *data, unsigned long vaddr,
 static void set_pages_state(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned int npages, int op)
 {
 	unsigned long vaddr_end, next_vaddr;
-	struct snp_psc_desc *desc;
-
-	desc = kmalloc(sizeof(*desc), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
-	if (!desc)
-		panic("SNP: failed to allocate memory for PSC descriptor\n");
+	struct snp_psc_desc desc;
 
 	vaddr = vaddr & PAGE_MASK;
 	vaddr_end = vaddr + (npages << PAGE_SHIFT);
@@ -882,12 +878,10 @@ static void set_pages_state(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned int npages, int op)
 		next_vaddr = min_t(unsigned long, vaddr_end,
 				   (VMGEXIT_PSC_MAX_ENTRY * PAGE_SIZE) + vaddr);
 
-		__set_pages_state(desc, vaddr, next_vaddr, op);
+		__set_pages_state(&desc, vaddr, next_vaddr, op);
 
 		vaddr = next_vaddr;
 	}
-
-	kfree(desc);
 }
 
 void snp_set_memory_shared(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned int npages)
-- 
2.37.2