Re: [PATCH v12 19/46] x86/kernel: Make the .bss..decrypted section shared in RMP table

Sean Christopherson
2022-06-14T00:46:47Z

s/Brijesh/Michael

On Mon, Mar 07, 2022, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> The encryption attribute for the .bss..decrypted section is cleared in the
> initial page table build. This is because the section contains the data
> that need to be shared between the guest and the hypervisor.
>
> When SEV-SNP is active, just clearing the encryption attribute in the
> page table is not enough. The page state need to be updated in the RMP
> table.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 13 +++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> index 83514b9827e6..656d2f3e2cf0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
> @@ -143,7 +143,20 @@ static unsigned long __head sme_postprocess_startup(struct boot_params *bp, pmdv
> if (sme_get_me_mask()) {
> vaddr = (unsigned long)__start_bss_decrypted;
> vaddr_end = (unsigned long)__end_bss_decrypted;
> +
> for (; vaddr < vaddr_end; vaddr += PMD_SIZE) {
> + /*
> + * On SNP, transition the page to shared in the RMP table so that
> + * it is consistent with the page table attribute change.
> + *
> + * __start_bss_decrypted has a virtual address in the high range
> + * mapping (kernel .text). PVALIDATE, by way of
> + * early_snp_set_memory_shared(), requires a valid virtual
> + * address but the kernel is currently running off of the identity
> + * mapping so use __pa() to get a *currently* valid virtual address.
> + */
> + early_snp_set_memory_shared(__pa(vaddr), __pa(vaddr), PTRS_PER_PMD);

This breaks SME on Rome and Milan when compiling with clang-13. I haven't been
able to figure out exactly what goes wrong. printk isn't functional at this point,
and interactive debug during boot on our test systems is beyond me. I can't even
verify that the bug is specific to clang because the draconian build system for our
test systems apparently is stuck pointing at gcc-4.9.

I suspect the issue is related to relocation and/or encrypting memory, as skipping
the call to early_snp_set_memory_shared() if SNP isn't active masks the issue.
I've dug through the assembly and haven't spotted a smoking gun, e.g. no obvious
use of absolute addresses.

Forcing a VM through the same path doesn't fail. I can't test an SEV guest at the
moment because INIT_EX is also broken.

The crash incurs a very, very slow reboot, and I was out of cycles to work on this
about three hours ago. If someone on the AMD side can repro, it would be much
appreciated.