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From: Roman Kisel <romank@linux.microsoft.com>
To: hpa@zytor.com, kys@microsoft.com, bp@alien8.de,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, decui@microsoft.com,
	eahariha@linux.microsoft.com, haiyangz@microsoft.com,
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	x86@kernel.org
Cc: apais@microsoft.com, benhill@microsoft.com,
	ssengar@microsoft.com, sunilmut@microsoft.com, vdso@hexbites.dev
Subject: [PATCH v4 0/5] hyperv: Fixes for get_vtl(), hv_vtl_apicid_to_vp_id()
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:31:50 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20241227183155.122827-1-romank@linux.microsoft.com> (raw)

The get_vtl(void) function

* has got one bug when the code started using a wrong pointer type after
  refactoring, and also
* the both function in question don't adhere to the requirements of
  the Hypervisor Top-Level Funactional Specification[1, 2] as the code overlaps
  the input and output areas for a hypercall.

The first issue leads to a wrong 100% reproducible computation due to reading
a byte worth of data at a wrong offset. That in turn leads to using a nonsensical
value ("fortunately", could catch it easily!) for the current VTL when initiating
VMBus communications. As a repercussion from that, the system wouldn't boot. The
fix is straightforward: use the correct pointer type.

The second issue doesn't seem to lead to any reproducible breakage just yet. It is
fixed with using the output hypercall pages allocated per-CPU, and that isn't the
only or the most obvious choice so let me elaborate why that fix appears to be the
best one in my opinion out of the options I could conceive of.

The approach chosen for fixing the second issue makes two things shine through:

* these functions just get a vCPU register, no special treatment needs to be
  involved,
* VTLs and dom0 can and should share code as both exist to provide services to
  a guest(s), be that from within the partition or from outside of it.

The projected benefits include replacing the functions in question with a future
`hv_get_vp_registers` one shared between dom0 and VTLs to allow for a better test
coverage.

I have validated the fixes by booting the fixed kernel in VTL2 up using OpenVMM and
OpenHCL[3, 4].

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/tlfs/hypercall-interface
[2] https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/Virtualization-Documentation/tree/main/tlfs
[3] https://openvmm.dev/guide/user_guide/openhcl.html
[4] https://github.com/microsoft/OpenVMM

[v4]
  - Wrapped DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY into a struct and added one more
    member as the documentation requires,
  - Removed superfluous type coercion,
  - Fixed tags,
  - Rebased onto the latest hyperv-next branch.

[v3]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241226213110.899497-1-romank@linux.microsoft.com/
  - Added a fix for hv_vtl_apicid_to_vp_id(),
  - Split out the patch for enabling the hypercall output page,
  - Updated the title of the patch series,

[v2]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241226203050.800524-1-romank@linux.microsoft.com/
  - Used the suggestions to define an additional structure to improve code readability,
  - Split out the patch with that definition.

[v1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241218205421.319969-1-romank@linux.microsoft.com/

Roman Kisel (5):
  hyperv: Define struct hv_output_get_vp_registers
  hyperv: Fix pointer type in get_vtl(void)
  hyperv: Enable the hypercall output page for the VTL mode
  hyperv: Do not overlap the hvcall IO areas in get_vtl()
  hyperv: Do not overlap the hvcall IO areas in hv_vtl_apicid_to_vp_id()

 arch/x86/hyperv/hv_init.c   |  6 ++--
 arch/x86/hyperv/hv_vtl.c    |  2 +-
 drivers/hv/hv_common.c      |  6 ++--
 include/hyperv/hvgdk_mini.h | 65 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 4 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)


base-commit: 26e1b813fcd02984b1cac5f3decdf4b0bb56fe02
-- 
2.34.1


             reply	other threads:[~2024-12-27 18:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-27 18:31 Roman Kisel [this message]
2024-12-27 18:31 ` [PATCH v4 1/5] hyperv: Define struct hv_output_get_vp_registers Roman Kisel
2024-12-27 18:37   ` Easwar Hariharan
2024-12-27 22:52   ` kernel test robot
2024-12-29 17:46   ` Michael Kelley
2024-12-30 16:49     ` Roman Kisel
2024-12-27 18:31 ` [PATCH v4 2/5] hyperv: Fix pointer type in get_vtl(void) Roman Kisel
2024-12-27 18:31 ` [PATCH v4 3/5] hyperv: Enable the hypercall output page for the VTL mode Roman Kisel
2024-12-27 18:31 ` [PATCH v4 4/5] hyperv: Do not overlap the hvcall IO areas in get_vtl() Roman Kisel
2024-12-27 18:31 ` [PATCH v4 5/5] hyperv: Do not overlap the hvcall IO areas in hv_vtl_apicid_to_vp_id() Roman Kisel
2024-12-27 18:42 ` [PATCH v4 0/5] hyperv: Fixes for get_vtl(), hv_vtl_apicid_to_vp_id() Easwar Hariharan
2024-12-27 19:12   ` Roman Kisel

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