Re: [PATCH v19 059/130] KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Don't zap private pages for unsupported cases

Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-03-28T03:04:41Z

On Thu, 2024-03-28 at 09:30 +0800, Xiaoyao Li wrote:
> > The current ABI of KVM_EXIT_X86_RDMSR when TDs are created is nothing. So I don't see how this
> > is
> > any kind of ABI break. If you agree we shouldn't try to support MTRRs, do you have a different
> > exit
> > reason or behavior in mind?
>
> Just return error on TDVMCALL of RDMSR/WRMSR on TD's access of MTRR MSRs.

MTRR appears to be configured to be type "Fixed" in the TDX module. So the guest could expect to be
able to use it and be surprised by a #GP.

{
"MSB": "12",
"LSB": "12",
"Field Size": "1",
"Field Name": "MTRR",
"Configuration Details": null,
"Bit or Field Virtualization Type": "Fixed",
"Virtualization Details": "0x1"
},

If KVM does not support MTRRs in TDX, then it has to return the error somewhere or pretend to
support it (do nothing but not return an error). Returning an error to the guest would be making up
arch behavior, and to a lesser degree so would ignoring the WRMSR. So that is why I lean towards
returning to userspace and giving the VMM the option to ignore it, return an error to the guest or
show an error to the user. If KVM can't support the behavior, better to get an actual error in
userspace than a mysterious guest hang, right?

Outside of what kind of exit it is, do you object to the general plan to punt to userspace?

Since this is a TDX specific limitation, I guess there is KVM_EXIT_TDX_VMCALL as a general category
of TDVMCALLs that cannot be handled by KVM.