From: <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: vannapurve@google.com,afranji@google.com,brgerst@gmail.com,hpa@zytor.com,jgross@suse.com,jpoimboe@redhat.com,kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com,luto@kernel.org,mingo@kernel.org,torvalds@linux-foundation.org
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] x86/tdx: Fix arch_safe_halt() execution for TDX VMs" failed to apply to 6.6-stable tree
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2025 09:00:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2025040844-busload-dumpling-45ff@gregkh> (raw)
The patch below does not apply to the 6.6-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands:
git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-6.6.y
git checkout FETCH_HEAD
git cherry-pick -x 9f98a4f4e7216dbe366010b4cdcab6b220f229c4
# <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.>
git commit -s
git send-email --to '<stable@vger.kernel.org>' --in-reply-to '2025040844-busload-dumpling-45ff@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 6.6.y' HEAD^..
Possible dependencies:
thanks,
greg k-h
------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------
From 9f98a4f4e7216dbe366010b4cdcab6b220f229c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 01:44:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] x86/tdx: Fix arch_safe_halt() execution for TDX VMs
Direct HLT instruction execution causes #VEs for TDX VMs which is routed
to hypervisor via TDCALL. If HLT is executed in STI-shadow, resulting #VE
handler will enable interrupts before TDCALL is routed to hypervisor
leading to missed wakeup events, as current TDX spec doesn't expose
interruptibility state information to allow #VE handler to selectively
enable interrupts.
Commit bfe6ed0c6727 ("x86/tdx: Add HLT support for TDX guests")
prevented the idle routines from executing HLT instruction in STI-shadow.
But it missed the paravirt routine which can be reached via this path
as an example:
kvm_wait() =>
safe_halt() =>
raw_safe_halt() =>
arch_safe_halt() =>
irq.safe_halt() =>
pv_native_safe_halt()
To reliably handle arch_safe_halt() for TDX VMs, introduce explicit
dependency on CONFIG_PARAVIRT and override paravirt halt()/safe_halt()
routines with TDX-safe versions that execute direct TDCALL and needed
interrupt flag updates. Executing direct TDCALL brings in additional
benefit of avoiding HLT related #VEs altogether.
As tested by Ryan Afranji:
"Tested with the specjbb2015 benchmark. It has heavy lock contention which leads
to many halt calls. TDX VMs suffered a poor score before this patchset.
Verified the major performance improvement with this patchset applied."
Fixes: bfe6ed0c6727 ("x86/tdx: Add HLT support for TDX guests")
Signed-off-by: Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Tested-by: Ryan Afranji <afranji@google.com>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250228014416.3925664-3-vannapurve@google.com
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 05b4eca156cf..f614c0522a0b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ config INTEL_TDX_GUEST
depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_INTEL
depends on X86_X2APIC
depends on EFI_STUB
+ depends on PARAVIRT
select ARCH_HAS_CC_PLATFORM
select X86_MEM_ENCRYPT
select X86_MCE
diff --git a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
index 7772b01ab738..aa0eb4057226 100644
--- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
#include <asm/ia32.h>
#include <asm/insn.h>
#include <asm/insn-eval.h>
+#include <asm/paravirt_types.h>
#include <asm/pgtable.h>
#include <asm/set_memory.h>
#include <asm/traps.h>
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ static int handle_halt(struct ve_info *ve)
return ve_instr_len(ve);
}
-void __cpuidle tdx_safe_halt(void)
+void __cpuidle tdx_halt(void)
{
const bool irq_disabled = false;
@@ -409,6 +410,16 @@ void __cpuidle tdx_safe_halt(void)
WARN_ONCE(1, "HLT instruction emulation failed\n");
}
+static void __cpuidle tdx_safe_halt(void)
+{
+ tdx_halt();
+ /*
+ * "__cpuidle" section doesn't support instrumentation, so stick
+ * with raw_* variant that avoids tracing hooks.
+ */
+ raw_local_irq_enable();
+}
+
static int read_msr(struct pt_regs *regs, struct ve_info *ve)
{
struct tdx_module_args args = {
@@ -1109,6 +1120,19 @@ void __init tdx_early_init(void)
x86_platform.guest.enc_kexec_begin = tdx_kexec_begin;
x86_platform.guest.enc_kexec_finish = tdx_kexec_finish;
+ /*
+ * Avoid "sti;hlt" execution in TDX guests as HLT induces a #VE that
+ * will enable interrupts before HLT TDCALL invocation if executed
+ * in STI-shadow, possibly resulting in missed wakeup events.
+ *
+ * Modify all possible HLT execution paths to use TDX specific routines
+ * that directly execute TDCALL and toggle the interrupt state as
+ * needed after TDCALL completion. This also reduces HLT related #VEs
+ * in addition to having a reliable halt logic execution.
+ */
+ pv_ops.irq.safe_halt = tdx_safe_halt;
+ pv_ops.irq.halt = tdx_halt;
+
/*
* TDX intercepts the RDMSR to read the X2APIC ID in the parallel
* bringup low level code. That raises #VE which cannot be handled
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
index 65394aa9b49f..4a1922ec80cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tdx.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void tdx_get_ve_info(struct ve_info *ve);
bool tdx_handle_virt_exception(struct pt_regs *regs, struct ve_info *ve);
-void tdx_safe_halt(void);
+void tdx_halt(void);
bool tdx_early_handle_ve(struct pt_regs *regs);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void __init tdx_dump_td_ctls(u64 td_ctls);
#else
static inline void tdx_early_init(void) { };
-static inline void tdx_safe_halt(void) { };
+static inline void tdx_halt(void) { };
static inline bool tdx_early_handle_ve(struct pt_regs *regs) { return false; }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 91f6ff618852..962c3ce39323 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ void __init select_idle_routine(void)
static_call_update(x86_idle, mwait_idle);
} else if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_TDX_GUEST)) {
pr_info("using TDX aware idle routine\n");
- static_call_update(x86_idle, tdx_safe_halt);
+ static_call_update(x86_idle, tdx_halt);
} else {
static_call_update(x86_idle, default_idle);
}
next reply other threads:[~2025-04-08 7:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-04-08 7:00 gregkh [this message]
2025-04-08 13:47 ` [PATCH 6.6.y] x86/tdx: Fix arch_safe_halt() execution for TDX VMs Vishal Annapurve
2025-04-10 15:55 ` Sasha Levin
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