linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 2/9] KVM: Introduce per-page memory attributes

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20230103013948.GA2178318@chaop.bj.intel.com>
Date:   Tue, 3 Jan 2023 09:39:48 +0800
From:   Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Chenyi Qiang <chenyi.qiang@...el.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-api@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-doc@...r.kernel.org, qemu-devel@...gnu.org,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>,
        Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@...cent.com>,
        Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@....com>,
        Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "J . Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
        Steven Price <steven.price@....com>,
        "Maciej S . Szmigiero" <mail@...iej.szmigiero.name>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@...gle.com>,
        Yu Zhang <yu.c.zhang@...ux.intel.com>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        luto@...nel.org, jun.nakajima@...el.com, dave.hansen@...el.com,
        ak@...ux.intel.com, david@...hat.com, aarcange@...hat.com,
        ddutile@...hat.com, dhildenb@...hat.com,
        Quentin Perret <qperret@...gle.com>, tabba@...gle.com,
        Michael Roth <michael.roth@....com>, mhocko@...e.com,
        wei.w.wang@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 2/9] KVM: Introduce per-page memory attributes

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 04:28:01PM +0800, Chenyi Qiang wrote:
...
> > +static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_mem_attributes(struct kvm *kvm,
> > +					   struct kvm_memory_attributes *attrs)
> > +{
> > +	gfn_t start, end;
> > +	unsigned long i;
> > +	void *entry;
> > +	u64 supported_attrs = kvm_supported_mem_attributes(kvm);
> > +
> > +	/* flags is currently not used. */
> > +	if (attrs->flags)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	if (attrs->attributes & ~supported_attrs)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	if (attrs->size == 0 || attrs->address + attrs->size < attrs->address)
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +	if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(attrs->address) || !PAGE_ALIGNED(attrs->size))
> > +		return -EINVAL;
> > +
> > +	start = attrs->address >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +	end = (attrs->address + attrs->size - 1 + PAGE_SIZE) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +
> > +	entry = attrs->attributes ? xa_mk_value(attrs->attributes) : NULL;
> > +
> 
> Because guest memory defaults to private, and now this patch stores the
> attributes with KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTE_PRIVATE instead of _SHARED, it
> would bring more KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT exits at the beginning of boot
> time. Maybe it can be optimized somehow in other places? e.g. set mem
> attr in advance.

KVM defaults to 'shared' because this ioctl can also be potentially used
by normal VMs and 'shared' sounds a value meaningful for both normal VMs
and confidential VMs. As for more KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT exits during the
booting time, yes, setting all memory to 'private' for confidential VMs
through this ioctl in userspace before guest launch is an approach for
KVM userspace to 'override' the KVM default and reduce the number of
implicit conversions.

Thanks,
Chao
> 
> > +	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
> > +	for (i = start; i < end; i++)
> > +		if (xa_err(xa_store(&kvm->mem_attr_array, i, entry,
> > +				    GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT)))
> > +			break;
> > +	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
> > +
> > +	attrs->address = i << PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +	attrs->size = (end - i) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> > +
> > +	return 0;
> > +}
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES */
> > +
> >  struct kvm_memory_slot *gfn_to_memslot(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn)
> >  {
> >  	return __gfn_to_memslot(kvm_memslots(kvm), gfn);