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Message-ID: <336f5623-b380-49e4-8dbe-ffa98f5aee19@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 09:29:20 +0000
From: "Durrant, Paul" <xadimgnik@...il.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
Cc: Fred Griffoul <fgriffo@...zon.co.uk>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
griffoul@...il.com, vkuznets@...hat.com, Paolo Bonzini
<pbonzini@...hat.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Paul Durrant <paul@....org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: Update Xen TSC leaves during CPUID emulation
On 24/01/2025 01:18, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2025, David Woodhouse wrote:
>> On Thu, 2025-01-23 at 19:02 +0000, Fred Griffoul wrote:
>>
>>> +static inline void kvm_xen_may_update_tsc_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
>>> + u32 function, u32 index,
>>> + u32 *eax, u32 *ecx, u32 *edx)
>>
>> Should this be called kvm_xen_maybe_update_tsc_info() ?
>>
>> Is it worth adding if (static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_xen_enabled.key))?
>
> Or add a helper? Especially if we end up processing KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE.
>
> static inline bool kvm_xen_is_tsc_leaf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 function)
> {
> return static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_xen_enabled.key) &&
> vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.base &&
> function < vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.limit;
> function == (vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.base | XEN_CPUID_LEAF(3));
> }
>
>>
>>> +{
>>> + u32 base = vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.base;
>>> +
>>> + if (base && (function == (base | XEN_CPUID_LEAF(3)))) {
>
> Pretty sure cpuid.limit needs to be checked, e.g. to avoid a false positive in
> the unlikely scenario that userspace advertised a lower limit but still filled
> the CPUID entry.
>
>>> + if (index == 1) {
>>> + *ecx = vcpu->arch.hv_clock.tsc_to_system_mul;
>>> + *edx = vcpu->arch.hv_clock.tsc_shift;
>>
>> Are these fields in vcpu->arch.hv_clock definitely going to be set?
>
> Set, yes. Up-to-date, no. If there is a pending KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, e.g. due
> to frequency change, KVM could emulate CPUID before processing the request if
> the CPUID VM-Exit occurred before the request was made.
>
>> If so, can we have a comment to that effect? And perhaps a warning to
>> assert the truth of that claim?
>>
>> Before this patch, if the hv_clock isn't yet set then the guest would
>> see the original content of the leaves as set by userspace?
>
> In theory, yes, but in practice that can't happen because KVM always pends a
> KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE before entering the guest (it's stupidly hard to see).
>
> On the first kvm_arch_vcpu_load(), vcpu->cpu will be -1, which results in
> KVM_REQ_GLOBAL_CLOCK_UPDATE being pending.
>
> if (unlikely(vcpu->cpu != cpu) || kvm_check_tsc_unstable()) {
> ...
>
> if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.use_master_clock || vcpu->cpu == -1)
> kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_GLOBAL_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu);
>
> }
>
> That in turn triggers a KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE.
>
> if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_GLOBAL_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu))
> kvm_gen_kvmclock_update(vcpu);
>
> static void kvm_gen_kvmclock_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
> {
> struct kvm *kvm = v->kvm;
>
> kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, v);
> schedule_delayed_work(&kvm->arch.kvmclock_update_work,
> KVMCLOCK_UPDATE_DELAY);
> }
>
> And in the extremely unlikely failure path, which I assume handles the case where
> TSC calibration hasn't completed, KVM requests another KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE and
> aborts VM-Enter. So AFAICT, it's impossible to trigger CPUID emulation without
> first stuffing Xen CPUID.
>
> /* Keep irq disabled to prevent changes to the clock */
> local_irq_save(flags);
> tgt_tsc_khz = get_cpu_tsc_khz();
> if (unlikely(tgt_tsc_khz == 0)) {
> local_irq_restore(flags);
> kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, v);
> return 1;
> }
>
>> Now it gets zeroes if that happens?
>
> Somewhat of a tangent, if userspace is providing non-zero values, commit f422f853af03
> ("KVM: x86/xen: update Xen CPUID Leaf 4 (tsc info) sub-leaves, if present") would
> have broken userspace. QEMU doesn't appear to stuff non-zero values and no one
> has complained, so I think we escaped this time.
>
> Jumping back to the code, if we add kvm_xen_is_tsc_leaf(), I would be a-ok with
> handling the CPUID manipulations in kvm_cpuid(). I'd probably even prefer it,
> because overall I think bleeding a few Xen details into common code is worth
> making the flow easier to follow.
>
> Putting it all together, something like this? Compile tested only.
>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 3 +--
> arch/x86/kvm/x86.h | 1 +
> arch/x86/kvm/xen.c | 23 -----------------------
> arch/x86/kvm/xen.h | 13 +++++++++++--
> 5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> index edef30359c19..689882326618 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
> @@ -2005,6 +2005,22 @@ bool kvm_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 *eax, u32 *ebx,
> } else if (function == 0x80000007) {
> if (kvm_hv_invtsc_suppressed(vcpu))
> *edx &= ~feature_bit(CONSTANT_TSC);
> + } else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_KVM_XEN) &&
> + kvm_xen_is_tsc_leaf(vcpu, function)) {
> + /*
> + * Update guest TSC frequency information is necessary.
> + * Ignore failures, there is no sane value that can be
> + * provided if KVM can't get the TSC frequency.
> + */
> + if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE, vcpu))
> + kvm_guest_time_update(vcpu);
> +
> + if (index == 1) {
> + *ecx = vcpu->arch.hv_clock.tsc_to_system_mul;
> + *edx = vcpu->arch.hv_clock.tsc_shift;
> + } else if (index == 2) {
> + *eax = vcpu->arch.hw_tsc_khz;
> + }
> }
> } else {
> *eax = *ebx = *ecx = *edx = 0;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index f61d71783d07..817a7e522935 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -3173,7 +3173,7 @@ static void kvm_setup_guest_pvclock(struct kvm_vcpu *v,
> trace_kvm_pvclock_update(v->vcpu_id, &vcpu->hv_clock);
> }
>
> -static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
> +int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
> {
> unsigned long flags, tgt_tsc_khz;
> unsigned seq;
> @@ -3256,7 +3256,6 @@ static int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v)
> &vcpu->hv_clock.tsc_shift,
> &vcpu->hv_clock.tsc_to_system_mul);
> vcpu->hw_tsc_khz = tgt_tsc_khz;
> - kvm_xen_update_tsc_info(v);
> }
>
> vcpu->hv_clock.tsc_timestamp = tsc_timestamp;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> index 7a87c5fc57f1..5fdf32ba9406 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
> @@ -362,6 +362,7 @@ void kvm_inject_realmode_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int irq, int inc_eip);
> u64 get_kvmclock_ns(struct kvm *kvm);
> uint64_t kvm_get_wall_clock_epoch(struct kvm *kvm);
> bool kvm_get_monotonic_and_clockread(s64 *kernel_ns, u64 *tsc_timestamp);
> +int kvm_guest_time_update(struct kvm_vcpu *v);
>
> int kvm_read_guest_virt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
> gva_t addr, void *val, unsigned int bytes,
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> index a909b817b9c0..ed5c2f088361 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.c
> @@ -2247,29 +2247,6 @@ void kvm_xen_destroy_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> del_timer_sync(&vcpu->arch.xen.poll_timer);
> }
>
> -void kvm_xen_update_tsc_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> -{
> - struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry;
> - u32 function;
> -
> - if (!vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.base)
> - return;
> -
> - function = vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.base | XEN_CPUID_LEAF(3);
> - if (function > vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.limit)
> - return;
> -
> - entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry_index(vcpu, function, 1);
> - if (entry) {
> - entry->ecx = vcpu->arch.hv_clock.tsc_to_system_mul;
> - entry->edx = vcpu->arch.hv_clock.tsc_shift;
> - }
> -
> - entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry_index(vcpu, function, 2);
> - if (entry)
> - entry->eax = vcpu->arch.hw_tsc_khz;
> -}
This LGTM. My only concern is whether vcpu->arch.hv_clock will be
updated by anything other than a KVM_REQ_CLOCK_UPDATE? I don't think so
but the crucial thing is that the values match what is in the vcpu_info
struct... so maybe a safer option is to pull the values directly from that.
> -
> void kvm_xen_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> mutex_init(&kvm->arch.xen.xen_lock);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
> index f5841d9000ae..5ee7f3f1b45f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/xen.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
> #ifndef __ARCH_X86_KVM_XEN_H__
> #define __ARCH_X86_KVM_XEN_H__
>
> +#include <asm/xen/cpuid.h>
> #include <asm/xen/hypervisor.h>
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XEN
> @@ -35,7 +36,6 @@ int kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast(struct kvm_xen_evtchn *xe,
> int kvm_xen_setup_evtchn(struct kvm *kvm,
> struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e,
> const struct kvm_irq_routing_entry *ue);
> -void kvm_xen_update_tsc_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>
> static inline void kvm_xen_sw_enable_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> @@ -50,6 +50,14 @@ static inline void kvm_xen_sw_enable_lapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> kvm_xen_inject_vcpu_vector(vcpu);
> }
>
> +static inline bool kvm_xen_is_tsc_leaf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 function)
> +{
> + return static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_xen_enabled.key) &&
> + vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.base &&
> + function < vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.limit &&
> + function == (vcpu->arch.xen.cpuid.base | XEN_CPUID_LEAF(3));
> +}
> +
> static inline bool kvm_xen_msr_enabled(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> return static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_xen_enabled.key) &&
> @@ -157,8 +165,9 @@ static inline bool kvm_xen_timer_enabled(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> return false;
> }
>
> -static inline void kvm_xen_update_tsc_info(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +static inline bool kvm_xen_is_tsc_leaf(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 function)
> {
> + return false;
> }
> #endif
>
>
> base-commit: 84be94b5b6490e29a6f386cec90f8d5c6d14f0df
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