Re: [RFC PATCH 3/6] KVM: SVM: Implement demand page pinning

David Hildenbrand
2022-01-28T11:08:08Z

On 28.01.22 12:04, Nikunj A. Dadhania wrote:
> On 1/28/2022 1:57 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 28.01.22 07:57, Nikunj A. Dadhania wrote:
>>> On 1/26/2022 4:16 PM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>> On 18.01.22 12:06, Nikunj A Dadhania wrote:
>>>>> Use the memslot metadata to store the pinned data along with the pfns.
>>>>> This improves the SEV guest startup time from O(n) to a constant by
>>>>> deferring guest page pinning until the pages are used to satisfy nested
>>>>> page faults. The page reference will be dropped in the memslot free
>>>>> path.
>>>>>
>>>>> Remove the enc_region structure definition and the code which did
>>>>> upfront pinning, as they are no longer needed in view of the demand
>>>>> pinning support.
>>>>>
>>>>> Leave svm_register_enc_region() and svm_unregister_enc_region() as stubs
>>>>> since qemu is dependent on this API.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Nikunj A Dadhania <nikunj@amd.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 208 ++++++++++++++++-------------------------
>>>>> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 1 +
>>>>> arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h | 3 +-
>>>>> 3 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 131 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
>>>>> index d972ab4956d4..a962bed97a0b 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
>>>>> @@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ static unsigned int nr_asids;
>>>>> static unsigned long *sev_asid_bitmap;
>>>>> static unsigned long *sev_reclaim_asid_bitmap;
>>>>>
>>>>> -struct enc_region {
>>>>> - struct list_head list;
>>>>> - unsigned long npages;
>>>>> - struct page **pages;
>>>>> - unsigned long uaddr;
>>>>> - unsigned long size;
>>>>> -};
>>>>> -
>>>>> /* Called with the sev_bitmap_lock held, or on shutdown */
>>>>> static int sev_flush_asids(int min_asid, int max_asid)
>>>>> {
>>>>> @@ -257,8 +249,6 @@ static int sev_guest_init(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
>>>>> if (ret)
>>>>> goto e_free;
>>>>>
>>>>> - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&sev->regions_list);
>>>>> -
>>>>> return 0;
>>>>>
>>>>> e_free:
>>>>> @@ -1637,8 +1627,6 @@ static void sev_migrate_from(struct kvm_sev_info *dst,
>>>>> src->handle = 0;
>>>>> src->pages_locked = 0;
>>>>> src->enc_context_owner = NULL;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - list_cut_before(&dst->regions_list, &src->regions_list, &src->regions_list);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> static int sev_es_migrate_from(struct kvm *dst, struct kvm *src)
>>>>> @@ -1861,115 +1849,13 @@ int svm_mem_enc_op(struct kvm *kvm, void __user *argp)
>>>>> int svm_register_enc_region(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>>> struct kvm_enc_region *range)
>>>>> {
>>>>> - struct kvm_sev_info *sev = &to_kvm_svm(kvm)->sev_info;
>>>>> - struct enc_region *region;
>>>>> - int ret = 0;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - if (!sev_guest(kvm))
>>>>> - return -ENOTTY;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - /* If kvm is mirroring encryption context it isn't responsible for it */
>>>>> - if (is_mirroring_enc_context(kvm))
>>>>> - return -EINVAL;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - if (range->addr > ULONG_MAX || range->size > ULONG_MAX)
>>>>> - return -EINVAL;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - region = kzalloc(sizeof(*region), GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
>>>>> - if (!region)
>>>>> - return -ENOMEM;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
>>>>> - region->pages = sev_pin_memory(kvm, range->addr, range->size, &region->npages, 1);
>>>>> - if (IS_ERR(region->pages)) {
>>>>> - ret = PTR_ERR(region->pages);
>>>>> - mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
>>>>> - goto e_free;
>>>>> - }
>>>>> -
>>>>> - region->uaddr = range->addr;
>>>>> - region->size = range->size;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - list_add_tail(&region->list, &sev->regions_list);
>>>>> - mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
>>>>> -
>>>>> - /*
>>>>> - * The guest may change the memory encryption attribute from C=0 -> C=1
>>>>> - * or vice versa for this memory range. Lets make sure caches are
>>>>> - * flushed to ensure that guest data gets written into memory with
>>>>> - * correct C-bit.
>>>>> - */
>>>>> - sev_clflush_pages(region->pages, region->npages);
>>>>> -
>>>>> - return ret;
>>>>> -
>>>>> -e_free:
>>>>> - kfree(region);
>>>>> - return ret;
>>>>> -}
>>>>> -
>>>>> -static struct enc_region *
>>>>> -find_enc_region(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_enc_region *range)
>>>>> -{
>>>>> - struct kvm_sev_info *sev = &to_kvm_svm(kvm)->sev_info;
>>>>> - struct list_head *head = &sev->regions_list;
>>>>> - struct enc_region *i;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - list_for_each_entry(i, head, list) {
>>>>> - if (i->uaddr == range->addr &&
>>>>> - i->size == range->size)
>>>>> - return i;
>>>>> - }
>>>>> -
>>>>> - return NULL;
>>>>> -}
>>>>> -
>>>>> -static void __unregister_enc_region_locked(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>>> - struct enc_region *region)
>>>>> -{
>>>>> - sev_unpin_memory(kvm, region->pages, region->npages);
>>>>> - list_del(&region->list);
>>>>> - kfree(region);
>>>>> + return 0;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> int svm_unregister_enc_region(struct kvm *kvm,
>>>>> struct kvm_enc_region *range)
>>>>> {
>>>>> - struct enc_region *region;
>>>>> - int ret;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - /* If kvm is mirroring encryption context it isn't responsible for it */
>>>>> - if (is_mirroring_enc_context(kvm))
>>>>> - return -EINVAL;
>>>>> -
>>>>> - mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
>>>>> -
>>>>> - if (!sev_guest(kvm)) {
>>>>> - ret = -ENOTTY;
>>>>> - goto failed;
>>>>> - }
>>>>> -
>>>>> - region = find_enc_region(kvm, range);
>>>>> - if (!region) {
>>>>> - ret = -EINVAL;
>>>>> - goto failed;
>>>>> - }
>>>>> -
>>>>> - /*
>>>>> - * Ensure that all guest tagged cache entries are flushed before
>>>>> - * releasing the pages back to the system for use. CLFLUSH will
>>>>> - * not do this, so issue a WBINVD.
>>>>> - */
>>>>> - wbinvd_on_all_cpus();
>>>>> -
>>>>> - __unregister_enc_region_locked(kvm, region);
>>>>> -
>>>>> - mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
>>>>> return 0;
>>>>> -
>>>>> -failed:
>>>>> - mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
>>>>> - return ret;
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> int svm_vm_copy_asid_from(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int source_fd)
>>>>> @@ -2018,7 +1904,6 @@ int svm_vm_copy_asid_from(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int source_fd)
>>>>> mirror_sev->fd = source_sev->fd;
>>>>> mirror_sev->es_active = source_sev->es_active;
>>>>> mirror_sev->handle = source_sev->handle;
>>>>> - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&mirror_sev->regions_list);
>>>>> ret = 0;
>>>>>
>>>>> /*
>>>>> @@ -2038,8 +1923,6 @@ int svm_vm_copy_asid_from(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int source_fd)
>>>>> void sev_vm_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
>>>>> {
>>>>> struct kvm_sev_info *sev = &to_kvm_svm(kvm)->sev_info;
>>>>> - struct list_head *head = &sev->regions_list;
>>>>> - struct list_head *pos, *q;
>>>>>
>>>>> WARN_ON(sev->num_mirrored_vms);
>>>>>
>>>>> @@ -2066,18 +1949,6 @@ void sev_vm_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
>>>>> */
>>>>> wbinvd_on_all_cpus();
>>>>>
>>>>> - /*
>>>>> - * if userspace was terminated before unregistering the memory regions
>>>>> - * then lets unpin all the registered memory.
>>>>> - */
>>>>> - if (!list_empty(head)) {
>>>>> - list_for_each_safe(pos, q, head) {
>>>>> - __unregister_enc_region_locked(kvm,
>>>>> - list_entry(pos, struct enc_region, list));
>>>>> - cond_resched();
>>>>> - }
>>>>> - }
>>>>> -
>>>>> sev_unbind_asid(kvm, sev->handle);
>>>>> sev_asid_free(sev);
>>>>> }
>>>>> @@ -2946,13 +2817,90 @@ void sev_vcpu_deliver_sipi_vector(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u8 vector)
>>>>> ghcb_set_sw_exit_info_2(svm->sev_es.ghcb, 1);
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> +void sev_pin_spte(struct kvm *kvm, gfn_t gfn, enum pg_level level,
>>>>> + kvm_pfn_t pfn)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> + struct kvm_arch_memory_slot *aslot;
>>>>> + struct kvm_memory_slot *slot;
>>>>> + gfn_t rel_gfn, pin_pfn;
>>>>> + unsigned long npages;
>>>>> + kvm_pfn_t old_pfn;
>>>>> + int i;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + if (!sev_guest(kvm))
>>>>> + return;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(is_error_noslot_pfn(pfn) || kvm_is_reserved_pfn(pfn)))
>>>>> + return;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + /* Tested till 1GB pages */
>>>>> + if (KVM_BUG_ON(level > PG_LEVEL_1G, kvm))
>>>>> + return;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + slot = gfn_to_memslot(kvm, gfn);
>>>>> + if (!slot || !slot->arch.pfns)
>>>>> + return;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + /*
>>>>> + * Use relative gfn index within the memslot for the bitmap as well as
>>>>> + * the pfns array
>>>>> + */
>>>>> + rel_gfn = gfn - slot->base_gfn;
>>>>> + aslot = &slot->arch;
>>>>> + pin_pfn = pfn;
>>>>> + npages = KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(level);
>>>>> +
>>>>> + /* Pin the page, KVM doesn't yet support page migration. */
>>>>> + for (i = 0; i < npages; i++, rel_gfn++, pin_pfn++) {
>>>>> + if (test_bit(rel_gfn, aslot->pinned_bitmap)) {
>>>>> + old_pfn = aslot->pfns[rel_gfn];
>>>>> + if (old_pfn == pin_pfn)
>>>>> + continue;
>>>>> +
>>>>> + put_page(pfn_to_page(old_pfn));
>>>>> + }
>>>>> +
>>>>> + set_bit(rel_gfn, aslot->pinned_bitmap);
>>>>> + aslot->pfns[rel_gfn] = pin_pfn;
>>>>> + get_page(pfn_to_page(pin_pfn));
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I assume this is to replace KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION, which ends up
>>>> calling svm_register_enc_region()->sev_pin_memory(), correct?
>>>
>>> Yes, that is correct.
>>>>
>>>> sev_pin_memory() correctly checks the RLIMIT_MEMLOCK and uses
>>>> pin_user_pages_fast().
>>>>
>>>> I have to strongly assume that sev_pin_memory() is *wrong* as is because
>>>> it's supposed to supply FOLL_LONGTERM -- after all we're pinning these
>>>> pages possibly forever.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I might be wrong but
>>>>
>>>> 1. You are missing the RLIMIT_MEMLOCK check
>>>
>>> Yes, I will add this check during the enc_region registration.
>>>
>>>> 2. get_page() is the wong way of long-term pinning a page. You would
>>>> have to mimic what pin_user_pages_fast(FOLL_LONGTERM) does to eventually
>>>> get it right (e.g., migrate the page off of MIGRATE_CMA or ZONE_MOVABLE).
>>>
>>> Let me go through this and I will come back. Thanks for pointing this out.
>>
>> I asusme the "issue" is that KVM uses mmu notifier and does a simple
>> get_user_pages() to obtain the references, to drop the reference when
>> the entry is invalidated via a mmu notifier call. So once you intent to
>> long-term pin, it's already to late.
>>
>> If you could teach KVM to do a long-term pin when stumbling over these
>> special encrypted memory regions (requires a proper matching
>> unpin_user_pages() call from KVM), then you could "take over" that pin
>> by get_page(), and let KVM do the ordinary put_page(), while you would
>> do the unpin_user_pages().
>>
>
> The fault path looks like this in KVM x86 mmu code:
>
> direct_page_fault()
> -> kvm_faultin_pfn()
> -> __gfn_to_pfn_memslot()
> -> hva_to_pfn()
> -> hva_to_pfn_{slow,fast}()
> -> get_user_pages_*() <<<<==== This is where the
> reference is taken
>
> Next step is to create the mappings which is done in below functions:
>
> -> kvm_tdp_mmu_map() / __direct_map()
>
> -> Within this function (patch 1/6), I call sev_pin_spte to take an extra
> reference to pin it using get_page.
>
> Is it possible to use pin_user_pages(FOLL_LONGTERM) here? Wouldn't that
> be equivalent to "take over" solution that you are suggesting?
>

The issue is that pin_user_pages(FOLL_LONGTERM) might have to migrate
the page, which will fail if there is already an additional reference
from get_user_pages_*().

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb