Re: [Patch v3 05/14] x86/mm: Handle decryption/re-encryption of bss_decrypted consistently

[Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com>]

On 11/16/22 10:41 AM, Michael Kelley wrote:
> Current code in sme_postprocess_startup() decrypts the bss_decrypted
> section when sme_me_mask is non-zero.  But code in
> mem_encrypt_free_decrytped_mem() re-encrypts the unused portion based
> on CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT.  In a Hyper-V guest VM using vTOM, these
> conditions are not equivalent as sme_me_mask is always zero when
> using vTOM.  Consequently, mem_encrypt_free_decrypted_mem() attempts
> to re-encrypt memory that was never decrypted.
> 
> Fix this in mem_encrypt_free_decrypted_mem() by conditioning the
> re-encryption on the same test for non-zero sme_me_mask.  Hyper-V
> guests using vTOM don't need the bss_decrypted section to be
> decrypted, so skipping the decryption/re-encryption doesn't cause
> a problem.
> 

Do you think it needs Fixes tag?

> Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@microsoft.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c | 10 +++++++---
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
> index 9c4d8db..5a51343 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/mem_encrypt_amd.c
> @@ -513,10 +513,14 @@ void __init mem_encrypt_free_decrypted_mem(void)
>  	npages = (vaddr_end - vaddr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>  
>  	/*
> -	 * The unused memory range was mapped decrypted, change the encryption
> -	 * attribute from decrypted to encrypted before freeing it.
> +	 * If the unused memory range was mapped decrypted, change the encryption
> +	 * attribute from decrypted to encrypted before freeing it. Base the
> +	 * re-encryption on the same condition used for the decryption in
> +	 * sme_postprocess_startup(). Higher level abstractions, such as
> +	 * CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT, aren't necessarily equivalent in a Hyper-V VM
> +	 * using vTOM, where sme_me_mask is always zero.
>  	 */
> -	if (cc_platform_has(CC_ATTR_MEM_ENCRYPT)) {
> +	if (sme_get_me_mask()) {
>  		r = set_memory_encrypted(vaddr, npages);
>  		if (r) {
>  			pr_warn("failed to free unused decrypted pages\n");

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer