Re: [PATCHv7 08/16] x86/tdx: Account shared memory

[Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>]

On 2/12/24 02:44, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> The kernel will convert all shared memory back to private during kexec.
> The direct mapping page tables will provide information on which memory
> is shared.
> 
> It is extremely important to convert all shared memory. If a page is
> missed, it will cause the second kernel to crash when it accesses it.
> 
> Keep track of the number of shared pages. This will allow for
> cross-checking against the shared information in the direct mapping and
> reporting if the shared bit is lost.
> 
> Include a debugfs interface that allows for the check to be performed at
> any point.

When I read this, I thought you were going to do some automatic
checking.  Could you make it more clear here that it's 100% up to the
user to figure out if the numbers in debugfs match and whether there's a
problem?  This would also be a great place to mention that the whole
thing is racy.

> +static atomic_long_t nr_shared;
> +
> +static inline bool pte_decrypted(pte_t pte)
> +{
> +	return cc_mkdec(pte_val(pte)) == pte_val(pte);
> +}

Name this pte_is_decrypted(), please.

>  /* Called from __tdx_hypercall() for unrecoverable failure */
>  noinstr void __noreturn __tdx_hypercall_failed(void)
>  {
> @@ -821,6 +829,11 @@ static int tdx_enc_status_change_finish(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages,
>  	if (!enc && !tdx_enc_status_changed(vaddr, numpages, enc))
>  		return -EIO;
>  
> +	if (enc)
> +		atomic_long_sub(numpages, &nr_shared);
> +	else
> +		atomic_long_add(numpages, &nr_shared);
> +
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> @@ -896,3 +909,59 @@ void __init tdx_early_init(void)
>  
>  	pr_info("Guest detected\n");
>  }
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> +static int tdx_shared_memory_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
> +{
> +	unsigned long addr, end;
> +	unsigned long found = 0;
> +
> +	addr = PAGE_OFFSET;
> +	end  = PAGE_OFFSET + get_max_mapped();
> +
> +	while (addr < end) {
> +		unsigned long size;
> +		unsigned int level;
> +		pte_t *pte;
> +
> +		pte = lookup_address(addr, &level);
> +		size = page_level_size(level);
> +
> +		if (pte && pte_decrypted(*pte))
> +			found += size / PAGE_SIZE;
> +
> +		addr += size;
> +
> +		cond_resched();
> +	}

This is totally racy, right?  Nothing prevents the PTE from
flip-flopping all over the place.

> +	seq_printf(m, "Number of shared pages in kernel page tables:  %16lu\n",
> +		   found);
> +	seq_printf(m, "Number of pages accounted as shared:           %16ld\n",
> +		   atomic_long_read(&nr_shared));
> +	return 0;
> +}

Ditto with 'nr_shared'.  There's nothing to say that the page table walk
has anything to do with 'nr_shared' by the time we get down here.

That's not _fatal_ for a debug interface, but the pitfalls need to at
least be discussed.  Better yet would be to make sure this and the cpa
code don't stomp on each other.

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