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Message-ID: <CAMkAt6p2T8OfnUcqcw8Kvq195VnxQoaAwdetuouMdE1NvjO5Uw@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Sep 2023 14:28:58 -0600
From: Peter Gonda <pgonda@...gle.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] KVM: SEV: Update SEV-ES shutdown intercepts with more metadata
On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 2:26 PM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 06, 2023, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> > On 9/6/23 15:11, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2023, Tom Lendacky wrote:
> > > > On 9/6/23 10:14, Peter Gonda wrote:
> > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> > > > > index 956726d867aa..cecf6a528c9b 100644
> > > > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> > > > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
> > > > > @@ -2131,12 +2131,14 @@ static int shutdown_interception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> > > > > * The VM save area has already been encrypted so it
> > > > > * cannot be reinitialized - just terminate.
> > > > > */
> > > > > - if (sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm))
> > > > > - return -EINVAL;
> > > > > + if (sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm)) {
> > > > > + kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN;
> > > > > + return 0;
> > > > > + }
> > > >
> > > > Just a nit... feel free to ignore, but, since KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN is also set
> > > > at the end of the function and I don't think kvm_vcpu_reset() clears the
> > > > value from kvm_run, you could just set kvm_run->exit_reason on entry and
> > > > just return 0 early for an SEV-ES guest.
> > >
> > > kvm_run is writable by userspace though, so KVM can't rely on kvm_run->exit_reason
> > > for correctness.
> > >
> > > And IIUC, the VMSA is also toast, i.e. doing anything other than marking the VM
> > > dead is futile, no?
> >
> > I was just saying that "kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN;" is in the
> > shutdown_interception() function twice now (at both exit points of the
> > function) and can probably just be moved to the top of the function and be
> > common for both exit points, now, right?
> >
> > I'm not saying to get rid of it, just set it sooner.
>
> Ah, I thought you were saying bail early from kvm_vcpu_reset(). I agree that not
> having completely split logic would be ideal. What about this?
>
> /*
> * VMCB is undefined after a SHUTDOWN intercept. INIT the vCPU to put
> * the VMCB in a known good state. Unfortuately, KVM doesn't have
> * KVM_MP_STATE_SHUTDOWN and can't add it without potentially breaking
> * userspace. At a platform view, INIT is acceptable behavior as
> * there exist bare metal platforms that automatically INIT the CPU
> * in response to shutdown.
> *
> * The VM save area for SEV-ES guests has already been encrypted so it
> * cannot be reinitialized, i.e. synthesizing INIT is futile.
> */
> if (!sev_es_guest(vcpu->kvm)) {
> clear_page(svm->vmcb);
> kvm_vcpu_reset(vcpu, true);
> }
>
> kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN;
> return 0;
Looks better to me. Thanks!
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