Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Handle kvm_arm_init failure correctly in finalize_pkvm

[Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>]

On Tue, 04 Jul 2023 20:32:43 +0100,
Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com> wrote:
> 
> Currently there is no synchronisation between finalize_pkvm() and
> kvm_arm_init() initcalls. The finalize_pkvm() proceeds happily even if
> kvm_arm_init() fails resulting in the following warning on all the CPUs
> and eventually a HYP panic:
> 
>   | kvm [1]: IPA Size Limit: 48 bits
>   | kvm [1]: Failed to init hyp memory protection
>   | kvm [1]: error initializing Hyp mode: -22
>   |
>   | <snip>
>   |
>   | WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 0 at arch/arm64/kvm/pkvm.c:226 _kvm_host_prot_finalize+0x30/0x50
>   | Modules linked in:
>   | CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.4.0 #237
>   | Hardware name: FVP Base RevC (DT)
>   | pstate: 634020c5 (nZCv daIF +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
>   | pc : _kvm_host_prot_finalize+0x30/0x50
>   | lr : __flush_smp_call_function_queue+0xd8/0x230
>   |
>   | Call trace:
>   |  _kvm_host_prot_finalize+0x3c/0x50
>   |  on_each_cpu_cond_mask+0x3c/0x6c
>   |  pkvm_drop_host_privileges+0x4c/0x78
>   |  finalize_pkvm+0x3c/0x5c
>   |  do_one_initcall+0xcc/0x240
>   |  do_initcall_level+0x8c/0xac
>   |  do_initcalls+0x54/0x94
>   |  do_basic_setup+0x1c/0x28
>   |  kernel_init_freeable+0x100/0x16c
>   |  kernel_init+0x20/0x1a0
>   |  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
>   | Failed to finalize Hyp protection: -22
>   |     dtb=fvp-base-revc.dtb
>   | kvm [95]: nVHE hyp BUG at: arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c:540!
>   | kvm [95]: nVHE call trace:
>   | kvm [95]:  [<ffff800081052984>] __kvm_nvhe_hyp_panic+0xac/0xf8
>   | kvm [95]:  [<ffff800081059644>] __kvm_nvhe_handle_host_mem_abort+0x1a0/0x2ac
>   | kvm [95]:  [<ffff80008105511c>] __kvm_nvhe_handle_trap+0x4c/0x160
>   | kvm [95]:  [<ffff8000810540fc>] __kvm_nvhe___skip_pauth_save+0x4/0x4
>   | kvm [95]: ---[ end nVHE call trace ]---
>   | kvm [95]: Hyp Offset: 0xfffe8db00ffa0000
>   | Kernel panic - not syncing: HYP panic:
>   | PS:a34023c9 PC:0000f250710b973c ESR:00000000f2000800
>   | FAR:ffff000800cb00d0 HPFAR:000000000880cb00 PAR:0000000000000000
>   | VCPU:0000000000000000
>   | CPU: 3 PID: 95 Comm: kworker/u16:2 Tainted: G        W          6.4.0 #237
>   | Hardware name: FVP Base RevC (DT)
>   | Workqueue: rpciod rpc_async_schedule
>   | Call trace:
>   |  dump_backtrace+0xec/0x108
>   |  show_stack+0x18/0x2c
>   |  dump_stack_lvl+0x50/0x68
>   |  dump_stack+0x18/0x24
>   |  panic+0x138/0x33c
>   |  nvhe_hyp_panic_handler+0x100/0x184
>   |  new_slab+0x23c/0x54c
>   |  ___slab_alloc+0x3e4/0x770
>   |  kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1f0/0x278
>   |  __alloc_skb+0xdc/0x294
>   |  tcp_stream_alloc_skb+0x2c/0xf0
>   |  tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x3d0/0xda4
>   |  tcp_sendmsg+0x38/0x5c
>   |  inet_sendmsg+0x44/0x60
>   |  sock_sendmsg+0x1c/0x34
>   |  xprt_sock_sendmsg+0xdc/0x274
>   |  xs_tcp_send_request+0x1ac/0x28c
>   |  xprt_transmit+0xcc/0x300
>   |  call_transmit+0x78/0x90
>   |  __rpc_execute+0x114/0x3d8
>   |  rpc_async_schedule+0x28/0x48
>   |  process_one_work+0x1d8/0x314
>   |  worker_thread+0x248/0x474
>   |  kthread+0xfc/0x184
>   |  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
>   | SMP: stopping secondary CPUs
>   | Kernel Offset: 0x57c5cb460000 from 0xffff800080000000
>   | PHYS_OFFSET: 0x80000000
>   | CPU features: 0x00000000,1035b7a3,ccfe773f
>   | Memory Limit: none
>   | ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: HYP panic:
>   | PS:a34023c9 PC:0000f250710b973c ESR:00000000f2000800
>   | FAR:ffff000800cb00d0 HPFAR:000000000880cb00 PAR:0000000000000000
>   | VCPU:0000000000000000 ]---
> 
> Fix it by checking for the successfull initialisation of kvm_arm_init()
> in finalize_pkvm() before proceeding any futher.
> 
> Fixes: 87727ba2bb05 ("KVM: arm64: Ensure CPU PMU probes before pKVM host de-privilege")
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>
> Cc: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>
> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com>
> Cc: Zenghui Yu <yuzenghui@huawei.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sudeep Holla <sudeep.holla@arm.com>

I really dislike the additional helper, but now that the capabilities
are patched, I can't see another way to achieve this so:

Acked-by: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org>

	M.

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