Re: [PATCH v19 023/130] KVM: TDX: Initialize the TDX module when loading the KVM intel kernel module

Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-22T21:23:22Z

On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 01:07:27PM +0000,
"Huang, Kai" <kai.huang@intel.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 2024-02-26 at 00:25 -0800, isaku.yamahata@intel.com wrote:
> > From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
> >
> > TDX requires several initialization steps for KVM to create guest TDs.
> > Detect CPU feature, enable VMX (TDX is based on VMX) on all online CPUs,
> > detect the TDX module availability, initialize it and disable VMX.
>
> Before KVM can use TDX to create and run TDX guests, the kernel needs to
> initialize TDX from two perspectives:
>
> 1) Initialize the TDX module.
> 1) Do the "per-cpu initialization" on any logical cpu before running any TDX
> code on that cpu.
>
> The host kernel provides two functions to do them respectively: tdx_cpu_enable()
> and tdx_enable().
>
> Currently, tdx_enable() requires all online cpus being in VMX operation with CPU
> hotplug disabled, and tdx_cpu_enable() needs to be called on local cpu with that
> cpu being in VMX operation and IRQ disabled.
>
> >
> > To enable/disable VMX on all online CPUs, utilize
> > vmx_hardware_enable/disable(). The method also initializes each CPU for
> > TDX.
> >
>
> I don't understand what you are saying here.
>
> Did you mean you put tdx_cpu_enable() inside vmx_hardware_enable()?

Now the section doesn't make sense. Will remove it.

> > TDX requires calling a TDX initialization function per logical
> > processor (LP) before the LP uses TDX.
> >
>
> [...]
>
> > When the CPU is becoming online,
> > call the TDX LP initialization API. If it fails to initialize TDX, refuse
> > CPU online for simplicity instead of TDX avoiding the failed LP.
>
> Unless I am missing something, I don't see this has been done in the code.

You're right. Somehow the code was lost. Let me revive it with the next
version.

> > There are several options on when to initialize the TDX module. A.) kernel
> > module loading time, B.) the first guest TD creation time. A.) was chosen.
>
> A.) was chosen -> Choose A).
>
> Describe your change in "imperative mood".
>
> > With B.), a user may hit an error of the TDX initialization when trying to
> > create the first guest TD. The machine that fails to initialize the TDX
> > module can't boot any guest TD further. Such failure is undesirable and a
> > surprise because the user expects that the machine can accommodate guest
> > TD, but not. So A.) is better than B.).
> >
> > Introduce a module parameter, kvm_intel.tdx, to explicitly enable TDX KVM
>
> You don't have to say the name of the new parameter. It's shown in the code.
>
> > support. It's off by default to keep the same behavior for those who don't
> > use TDX.
> >
>
> [...]
>
>
> > Implement hardware_setup method to detect TDX feature of CPU and
> > initialize TDX module.
>
> You are not detecting TDX feature anymore.
>
> And put this in a separate paragraph (at a better place), as I don't see how
> this is connected to "introduce a module parameter".

Let me update those sentences.

> > Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
> > ---
> > v19:
> > - fixed vt_hardware_enable() to use vmx_hardware_enable()
> > - renamed vmx_tdx_enabled => tdx_enabled
> > - renamed vmx_tdx_on() => tdx_on()
> >
> > v18:
> > - Added comment in vt_hardware_enable() by Binbin.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/kvm/Makefile | 1 +
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c | 19 ++++++++-
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > arch/x86/kvm/vmx/x86_ops.h | 6 +++
> > 4 files changed, 109 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > create mode 100644 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
> > index 274df24b647f..5b85ef84b2e9 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
> > @@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ kvm-intel-y += vmx/vmx.o vmx/vmenter.o vmx/pmu_intel.o vmx/vmcs12.o \
> >
> > kvm-intel-$(CONFIG_X86_SGX_KVM) += vmx/sgx.o
> > kvm-intel-$(CONFIG_KVM_HYPERV) += vmx/hyperv.o vmx/hyperv_evmcs.o
> > +kvm-intel-$(CONFIG_INTEL_TDX_HOST) += vmx/tdx.o
> >
> > kvm-amd-y += svm/svm.o svm/vmenter.o svm/pmu.o svm/nested.o svm/avic.o \
> > svm/sev.o
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > index 18cecf12c7c8..18aef6e23aab 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/main.c
> > @@ -6,6 +6,22 @@
> > #include "nested.h"
> > #include "pmu.h"
> >
> > +static bool enable_tdx __ro_after_init;
> > +module_param_named(tdx, enable_tdx, bool, 0444);
> > +
> > +static __init int vt_hardware_setup(void)
> > +{
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + ret = vmx_hardware_setup();
> > + if (ret)
> > + return ret;
> > +
> > + enable_tdx = enable_tdx && !tdx_hardware_setup(&vt_x86_ops);
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
> > +
> > #define VMX_REQUIRED_APICV_INHIBITS \
> > (BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_DISABLE)| \
> > BIT(APICV_INHIBIT_REASON_ABSENT) | \
> > @@ -22,6 +38,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops vt_x86_ops __initdata = {
> >
> > .hardware_unsetup = vmx_hardware_unsetup,
> >
> > + /* TDX cpu enablement is done by tdx_hardware_setup(). */
>
> What's the point of this comment? I don't understand it either.

Will delete the comment.

> > .hardware_enable = vmx_hardware_enable,
> > .hardware_disable = vmx_hardware_disable,
>
> Shouldn't you also implement vt_hardware_enable(), which also does
> tdx_cpu_enable()?
>
> Because I don't see vmx_hardware_enable() is changed to call tdx_cpu_enable() to
> make CPU hotplug work with TDX.

hardware_enable() doesn't help for cpu hot plug support. See below.

> > .has_emulated_msr = vmx_has_emulated_msr,
> > @@ -161,7 +178,7 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops vt_x86_ops __initdata = {
> > };
> >
> > struct kvm_x86_init_ops vt_init_ops __initdata = {
> > - .hardware_setup = vmx_hardware_setup,
> > + .hardware_setup = vt_hardware_setup,
> > .handle_intel_pt_intr = NULL,
> >
> > .runtime_ops = &vt_x86_ops,
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..43c504fb4fed
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c
> > @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
> > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> > +#include <linux/cpu.h>
> > +
> > +#include <asm/tdx.h>
> > +
> > +#include "capabilities.h"
> > +#include "x86_ops.h"
> > +#include "x86.h"
> > +
> > +#undef pr_fmt
> > +#define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt
> > +
> > +static int __init tdx_module_setup(void)
> > +{
> > + int ret;
> > +
> > + ret = tdx_enable();
> > + if (ret) {
> > + pr_info("Failed to initialize TDX module.\n");
>
> As I commented before, tdx_enable() itself will print similar message when it
> fails, so no need to print again.
>
> > + return ret;
> > + }
> > +
> > + return 0;
> > +}
>
> That being said, I don't think tdx_module_setup() is necessary. Just call
> tdx_enable() directly.

Ok, Will move this funciton to the patch that uses it first.

> > +
> > +struct tdx_enabled {
> > + cpumask_var_t enabled;
> > + atomic_t err;
> > +};
>
> struct cpu_tdx_init_ctx {
> cpumask_var_t vmx_enabled_cpumask;
> atomic_t err;
> };
>
> ?
>
> > +
> > +static void __init tdx_on(void *_enable)
>
> tdx_on() -> cpu_tdx_init(), or cpu_tdx_on()?
>
> > +{
> > + struct tdx_enabled *enable = _enable;
> > + int r;
> > +
> > + r = vmx_hardware_enable();
> > + if (!r) {
> > + cpumask_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), enable->enabled);
> > + r = tdx_cpu_enable();
> > + }
> > + if (r)
> > + atomic_set(&enable->err, r);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static void __init vmx_off(void *_enabled)
>
> cpu_vmx_off() ?

Ok, let's add cpu_ prefix.

> > +{
> > + cpumask_var_t *enabled = (cpumask_var_t *)_enabled;
> > +
> > + if (cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), *enabled))
> > + vmx_hardware_disable();
> > +}
> > +
> > +int __init tdx_hardware_setup(struct kvm_x86_ops *x86_ops)
>
> Why do you need the 'x86_ops' function argument? I don't see it is used?

Will move it to the patch that uses it first.

> > +{
> > + struct tdx_enabled enable = {
> > + .err = ATOMIC_INIT(0),
> > + };
> > + int r = 0;
> > +
> > + if (!enable_ept) {
> > + pr_warn("Cannot enable TDX with EPT disabled\n");
> > + return -EINVAL;
> > + }
> > +
> > + if (!zalloc_cpumask_var(&enable.enabled, GFP_KERNEL)) {
> > + r = -ENOMEM;
> > + goto out;
> > + }
> > +
> > + /* tdx_enable() in tdx_module_setup() requires cpus lock. */
>
> /* tdx_enable() must be called with CPU hotplug disabled */
>
> > + cpus_read_lock();
> > + on_each_cpu(tdx_on, &enable, true); /* TDX requires vmxon. */
>
> I don't think you need this comment _here_.
>
> If you want keep it, move to the tdx_on() where the code does what this comment
> say.

Will move the comment into cpu_tdx_on().

> > + r = atomic_read(&enable.err);
> > + if (!r)
> > + r = tdx_module_setup();
> > + else
> > + r = -EIO;
> > + on_each_cpu(vmx_off, &enable.enabled, true);
> > + cpus_read_unlock();
> > + free_cpumask_var(enable.enabled);
> > +
> > +out:
> > + return r;
> > +}
>
> At last, I think there's one problem here:
>
> KVM actually only registers CPU hotplug callback in kvm_init(), which happens
> way after tdx_hardware_setup().
>
> What happens if any CPU goes online *BETWEEN* tdx_hardware_setup() and
> kvm_init()?
>
> Looks we have two options:
>
> 1) move registering CPU hotplug callback before tdx_hardware_setup(), or
> 2) we need to disable CPU hotplug until callbacks have been registered.
>
> Perhaps the second one is easier, because for the first one we need to make sure
> the kvm_cpu_online() is ready to be called right after tdx_hardware_setup().
>
> And no one cares if CPU hotplug is disabled during KVM module loading.
>
> That being said, we can even just disable CPU hotplug during the entire
> vt_init(), if in this way the code change is simple?
>
> But anyway, to make this patch complete, I think you need to replace
> vmx_hardware_enable() to vt_hardware_enable() and do tdx_cpu_enable() to handle
> TDX vs CPU hotplug in _this_ patch.

The option 2 sounds easier. But hardware_enable() doesn't help because it's
called when the first guest is created. It's risky to change it's semantics
because it's arch-independent callback.

- Disable CPU hot plug during TDX module initialization.
- During hardware_setup(), enable VMX, tdx_cpu_enable(), disable VMX
on online cpu. Don't rely on KVM hooks.
- Add a new arch-independent hook, int kvm_arch_online_cpu(). It's called always
on cpu onlining. It eventually calls tdx_cpu_enabel(). If it fails, refuse
onlining.
--
Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>