linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/12] KVM: x86: Add a framework for enabling KVM-governed x86 features

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Message-ID: <87zg973puc.fsf@redhat.com>
Date:   Tue, 21 Feb 2023 18:12:11 +0100
From:   Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@...hat.com>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] KVM: x86: Add a framework for enabling
 KVM-governed x86 features

Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> writes:

> Introduce yet another X86_FEATURE flag framework to manage and cache KVM
> governed features (for lack of a better term).  "Governed" in this case
> means that KVM has some level of involvement and/or vested interest in
> whether or not an X86_FEATURE can be used by the guest.  The intent of the
> framework is twofold: to simplify caching of guest CPUID flags that KVM
> needs to frequently query, and to add clarity to such caching, e.g. it
> isn't immediately obvious that SVM's bundle of flags for "optional nested]

Nit: unneeded ']'

> SVM features" track whether or not a flag is exposed to L1.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h  | 11 +++++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c             |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h             | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h |  9 ++++++
>  4 files changed, 73 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index 792a6037047a..cd660de02f7b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -835,6 +835,17 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
>  	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *cpuid_entries;
>  	struct kvm_hypervisor_cpuid kvm_cpuid;
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Track whether or not the guest is allowed to use features that are
> +	 * governed by KVM, where "governed" means KVM needs to manage state
> +	 * and/or explicitly enable the feature in hardware.  Typically, but
> +	 * not always, governed features can be used by the guest if and only
> +	 * if both KVM and userspace want to expose the feature to the guest.
> +	 */
> +	struct {
> +		u32 enabled;
> +	} governed_features;
> +
>  	u64 reserved_gpa_bits;
>  	int maxphyaddr;
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index 8f8edeaf8177..013fdc27fc8f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -335,6 +335,8 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
>  	struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;
>  
> +	vcpu->arch.governed_features.enabled = 0;
> +
>  	best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 1);
>  	if (best && apic) {
>  		if (cpuid_entry_has(best, X86_FEATURE_TSC_DEADLINE_TIMER))
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> index b1658c0de847..f61a2106ba90 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.h
> @@ -232,4 +232,55 @@ static __always_inline bool guest_pv_has(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>  	return vcpu->arch.pv_cpuid.features & (1u << kvm_feature);
>  }
>  
> +enum kvm_governed_features {
> +#define KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE(x) KVM_GOVERNED_##x,
> +#include "governed_features.h"
> +	KVM_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES
> +};
> +
> +static __always_inline int kvm_governed_feature_index(unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	switch (x86_feature) {
> +#define KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE(x) case x: return KVM_GOVERNED_##x;
> +#include "governed_features.h"
> +	default:
> +		return -1;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline int kvm_is_governed_feature(unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	return kvm_governed_feature_index(x86_feature) >= 0;
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline u32 kvm_governed_feature_bit(unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	int index = kvm_governed_feature_index(x86_feature);
> +
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(index < 0);
> +	return BIT(index);
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline void kvm_governed_feature_set(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +						     unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	BUILD_BUG_ON(KVM_NR_GOVERNED_FEATURES >
> +		     sizeof(vcpu->arch.governed_features.enabled) * BITS_PER_BYTE);
> +
> +	vcpu->arch.governed_features.enabled |= kvm_governed_feature_bit(x86_feature);
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline void kvm_governed_feature_check_and_set(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +							       unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	if (guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, x86_feature))
> +		kvm_governed_feature_set(vcpu, x86_feature);
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline bool guest_can_use(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> +					  unsigned int x86_feature)
> +{
> +	return vcpu->arch.governed_features.enabled & kvm_governed_feature_bit(x86_feature);
> +}
> +
>  #endif
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h b/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
> new file mode 100644
> index 000000000000..40ce8e6608cd
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/governed_features.h
> @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
> +#if !defined(KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE) || defined(KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE)
> +BUILD_BUG()
> +#endif
> +
> +#define KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE(x) KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE(X86_FEATURE_##x)
> +
> +#undef KVM_GOVERNED_X86_FEATURE
> +#undef KVM_GOVERNED_FEATURE

-- 
Vitaly