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Message-ID: <0716365f-3572-638b-e841-fcce7d30571a@amd.com>
Date:   Mon, 19 Sep 2022 16:38:02 -0500
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     Alper Gun <alpergun@...gle.com>, Peter Gonda <pgonda@...gle.com>
Cc:     Ashish Kalra <Ashish.Kalra@....com>,
        the arch/x86 maintainers <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        kvm list <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, linux-coco@...ts.linux.dev,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Crypto Mailing List <linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Sergio Lopez <slp@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Srinivas Pandruvada <srinivas.pandruvada@...ux.intel.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Dov Murik <dovmurik@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Tobin Feldman-Fitzthum <tobin@....com>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
        Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Tony Luck <tony.luck@...el.com>, Marc Orr <marcorr@...gle.com>,
        Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy 
        <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@...hat.com>, jarkko@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH Part2 v6 37/49] KVM: SVM: Add support to handle MSR based
 Page State Change VMGEXIT

On 9/19/22 12:53, Alper Gun wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 9:54 AM Peter Gonda <pgonda@...gle.com> wrote:
>>
>>> +
>>> +static int __snp_handle_page_state_change(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum psc_op op, gpa_t gpa,
>>> +                                         int level)
>>> +{
>>> +       struct kvm_sev_info *sev = &to_kvm_svm(vcpu->kvm)->sev_info;
>>> +       struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
>>> +       int rc, npt_level;
>>> +       kvm_pfn_t pfn;
>>> +       gpa_t gpa_end;
>>> +
>>> +       gpa_end = gpa + page_level_size(level);
>>> +
>>> +       while (gpa < gpa_end) {
>>> +               /*
>>> +                * If the gpa is not present in the NPT then build the NPT.
>>> +                */
>>> +               rc = snp_check_and_build_npt(vcpu, gpa, level);
>>> +               if (rc)
>>> +                       return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>> +               if (op == SNP_PAGE_STATE_PRIVATE) {
>>> +                       hva_t hva;
>>> +
>>> +                       if (snp_gpa_to_hva(kvm, gpa, &hva))
>>> +                               return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>> +                       /*
>>> +                        * Verify that the hva range is registered. This enforcement is
>>> +                        * required to avoid the cases where a page is marked private
>>> +                        * in the RMP table but never gets cleanup during the VM
>>> +                        * termination path.
>>> +                        */
>>> +                       mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
>>> +                       rc = is_hva_registered(kvm, hva, page_level_size(level));
>>> +                       mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
>>> +                       if (!rc)
>>> +                               return -EINVAL;
>>> +
>>> +                       /*
>>> +                        * Mark the userspace range unmerable before adding the pages
>>> +                        * in the RMP table.
>>> +                        */
>>> +                       mmap_write_lock(kvm->mm);
>>> +                       rc = snp_mark_unmergable(kvm, hva, page_level_size(level));
>>> +                       mmap_write_unlock(kvm->mm);
>>> +                       if (rc)
>>> +                               return -EINVAL;
>>> +               }
>>> +
>>> +               write_lock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>>> +
>>> +               rc = kvm_mmu_get_tdp_walk(vcpu, gpa, &pfn, &npt_level);
>>> +               if (!rc) {
>>> +                       /*
>>> +                        * This may happen if another vCPU unmapped the page
>>> +                        * before we acquire the lock. Retry the PSC.
>>> +                        */
>>> +                       write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>>> +                       return 0;
>>> +               }
>>
>> I think we want to return -EAGAIN or similar if we want the caller to
>> retry, right? I think returning 0 here hides the error.
>>
> 
> The problem here is that the caller(linux guest kernel) doesn't retry
> if PSC fails. The current implementation in the guest kernel is that
> if a page state change request fails, it terminates the VM with
> GHCB_TERM_PSC reason.
> Returning 0 here is not a good option because it will fail the PSC
> silently and will probably cause a nested RMP fault later. Returning

Returning 0 here is ok because the PSC current index into the PSC 
structure will not be updated and the guest will then retry (see the loop 
in vmgexit_psc() in arch/x86/kernel/sev.c).

Thanks,
Tom

> an error also terminates the guest immediately with current guest
> implementation. I think the best approach here is adding a retry logic
> to this function. Retrying without returning an error should help it
> work because snp_check_and_build_npt will be called again and in the
> second attempt this should work.
> 
>>> +
>>> +               /*
>>> +                * Adjust the level so that we don't go higher than the backing
>>> +                * page level.
>>> +                */
>>> +               level = min_t(size_t, level, npt_level);
>>> +
>>> +               trace_kvm_snp_psc(vcpu->vcpu_id, pfn, gpa, op, level);
>>> +
>>> +               switch (op) {
>>> +               case SNP_PAGE_STATE_SHARED:
>>> +                       rc = snp_make_page_shared(kvm, gpa, pfn, level);
>>> +                       break;
>>> +               case SNP_PAGE_STATE_PRIVATE:
>>> +                       rc = rmp_make_private(pfn, gpa, level, sev->asid, false);
>>> +                       break;
>>> +               default:
>>> +                       rc = -EINVAL;
>>> +                       break;
>>> +               }
>>> +
>>> +               write_unlock(&kvm->mmu_lock);
>>> +
>>> +               if (rc) {
>>> +                       pr_err_ratelimited("Error op %d gpa %llx pfn %llx level %d rc %d\n",
>>> +                                          op, gpa, pfn, level, rc);
>>> +                       return rc;
>>> +               }
>>> +
>>> +               gpa = gpa + page_level_size(level);
>>> +       }
>>> +
>>> +       return 0;
>>> +}
>>> +

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