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Message-ID: <52d965101127167388565ed1520e1f06d8492d3b.camel@kernel.org>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:52:14 +0200
From: Amit Shah <amit@...nel.org>
To: Jim Mattson <jmattson@...gle.com>, Sean Christopherson
<seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc: pbonzini@...hat.com, x86@...nel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com,
bp@...en8.de, dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com,
kim.phillips@....com, david.kaplan@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: SVM: let alternatives handle the cases when RSB
filling is required
On Fri, 2024-06-28 at 11:48 -0700, Jim Mattson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 9:09 AM Sean Christopherson
> <seanjc@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2024, Amit Shah wrote:
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/kvm/svm/vmenter.S | 8 ++------
> > > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/vmenter.S
> > > b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/vmenter.S
> > > index a0c8eb37d3e1..2ed80aea3bb1 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/vmenter.S
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/vmenter.S
> > > @@ -209,10 +209,8 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(__svm_vcpu_run)
> > > 7: vmload %_ASM_AX
> > > 8:
> > >
> > > -#ifdef CONFIG_MITIGATION_RETPOLINE
> > > /* IMPORTANT: Stuff the RSB immediately after VM-Exit,
> > > before RET! */
> > > - FILL_RETURN_BUFFER %_ASM_AX, RSB_CLEAR_LOOPS,
> > > X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE
> > > -#endif
> > > + FILL_RETURN_BUFFER %_ASM_AX, RSB_CLEAR_LOOPS,
> > > X86_FEATURE_RSB_VMEXIT
> >
> > Out of an abundance of paranoia, shouldn't this be?
> >
> > FILL_RETURN_BUFFER %_ASM_CX, RSB_CLEAR_LOOPS,
> > X86_FEATURE_RSB_VMEXIT,\
> > X86_FEATURE_RSB_VMEXIT_LITE
> >
> > Hmm, but it looks like that would incorrectly trigger the "lite"
> > flavor for
> > families 0xf - 0x12. I assume those old CPUs aren't affected by
> > whatever on earth
> > EIBRS_PBRSB is.
> >
> > /* AMD Family 0xf - 0x12 */
> > VULNWL_AMD(0x0f, NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF |
> > NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO | NO_BHI),
> > VULNWL_AMD(0x10, NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF |
> > NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO | NO_BHI),
> > VULNWL_AMD(0x11, NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF |
> > NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO | NO_BHI),
> > VULNWL_AMD(0x12, NO_MELTDOWN | NO_SSB | NO_L1TF |
> > NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO | NO_BHI),
> >
> > /* FAMILY_ANY must be last, otherwise 0x0f - 0x12 matches
> > won't work */
> > VULNWL_AMD(X86_FAMILY_ANY, NO_MELTDOWN | NO_L1TF |
> > NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO | NO_EIBRS_PBRSB |
> > NO_BHI),
> > VULNWL_HYGON(X86_FAMILY_ANY, NO_MELTDOWN | NO_L1TF |
> > NO_MDS | NO_SWAPGS | NO_ITLB_MULTIHIT | NO_MMIO | NO_EIBRS_PBRSB |
> > NO_BHI),
>
> Your assumption is correct. As for why the cpu_vuln_whitelist[]
> doesn't say so explicitly, you need to read between the lines...
>
> > /*
> > * AMD's AutoIBRS is equivalent to Intel's eIBRS - use the
> > Intel feature
> > * flag and protect from vendor-specific bugs via the
> > whitelist.
> > *
> > * Don't use AutoIBRS when SNP is enabled because it
> > degrades host
> > * userspace indirect branch performance.
> > */
> > if ((x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_IBRS_ALL) ||
> > (cpu_has(c, X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS) &&
> > !cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_SEV_SNP))) {
> > setup_force_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBRS_ENHANCED);
> > if (!cpu_matches(cpu_vuln_whitelist, NO_EIBRS_PBRSB)
> > &&
> > !(x86_arch_cap_msr & ARCH_CAP_PBRSB_NO))
> > setup_force_cpu_bug(X86_BUG_EIBRS_PBRSB);
> > }
>
> Families 0FH through 12H don't have EIBRS or AutoIBRS, so there's no
> cpu_vuln_whitelist[] lookup. Hence, no need to set the NO_EIBRS_PBRSB
> bit, even if it is accurate.
The commit that adds the RSB_VMEXIT_LITE feature flag does describe the
bug in a good amount of detail:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=2b1299322016731d56807aa49254a5ea3080b6b3
I've not seen any indication this is required for AMD CPUs.
David, do you agree we don't need this?
Amit
>
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