linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/3] xen/pv: support selecting safe/unsafe msr accesses

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Date:   Tue,  4 Oct 2022 10:43:35 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] xen/pv: support selecting safe/unsafe msr accesses

Instead of always doing the safe variants for reading and writing MSRs
in Xen PV guests, make the behavior controllable via Kconfig option
and a boot parameter.

The default will be the current behavior, which is to always use the
safe variant.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
---
 .../admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt         |  6 +++++
 arch/x86/xen/Kconfig                          |  9 +++++++
 arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c                   | 24 +++++++++++--------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 426fa892d311..1bda9cf18fae 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -6836,6 +6836,12 @@
 			Crash from Xen panic notifier, without executing late
 			panic() code such as dumping handler.
 
+	xen_msr_safe=	[X86,XEN]
+			Format: <bool>
+			Select whether to always use non-faulting (safe) MSR
+			access functions when running as Xen PV guest. The
+			default value is controlled by CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE.
+
 	xen_nopvspin	[X86,XEN]
 			Disables the qspinlock slowpath using Xen PV optimizations.
 			This parameter is obsoleted by "nopvspin" parameter, which
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
index 85246dd9faa1..9b1ec5d8c99c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/Kconfig
@@ -92,3 +92,12 @@ config XEN_DOM0
 	select X86_X2APIC if XEN_PVH && X86_64
 	help
 	  Support running as a Xen Dom0 guest.
+
+config XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE
+	bool "Always use safe MSR accesses in PV guests"
+	default y
+	depends on XEN_PV
+	help
+	  Use safe (not faulting) MSR access functions even if the MSR access
+	  should not fault anyway.
+	  The default can be changed by using the "xen_msr_safe" boot parameter.
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
index d5b0844a1b7c..daae454191f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
@@ -108,6 +108,16 @@ struct tls_descs {
  */
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct tls_descs, shadow_tls_desc);
 
+static __read_mostly bool xen_msr_safe = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XEN_PV_MSR_SAFE);
+
+static int __init parse_xen_msr_safe(char *str)
+{
+	if (str)
+		return strtobool(str, &xen_msr_safe);
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+early_param("xen_msr_safe", parse_xen_msr_safe);
+
 static void __init xen_pv_init_platform(void)
 {
 	/* PV guests can't operate virtio devices without grants. */
@@ -1011,22 +1021,16 @@ static int xen_write_msr_safe(unsigned int msr, unsigned int low,
 
 static u64 xen_read_msr(unsigned int msr)
 {
-	/*
-	 * This will silently swallow a #GP from RDMSR.  It may be worth
-	 * changing that.
-	 */
 	int err;
 
-	return xen_read_msr_safe(msr, &err);
+	return xen_do_read_msr(msr, xen_msr_safe ? &err : NULL);
 }
 
 static void xen_write_msr(unsigned int msr, unsigned low, unsigned high)
 {
-	/*
-	 * This will silently swallow a #GP from WRMSR.  It may be worth
-	 * changing that.
-	 */
-	xen_write_msr_safe(msr, low, high);
+	int err;
+
+	xen_do_write_msr(msr, low, high, xen_msr_safe ? &err : NULL);
 }
 
 /* This is called once we have the cpu_possible_mask */
-- 
2.35.3