Re: [ANNOUNCE] PUCK Notes - 2024.04.03 - TDX Upstreaming Strategy

Sean Christopherson
2024-04-08T16:20:54Z

On Sun, Apr 07, 2024, Xiaoyao Li wrote:
> On 4/6/2024 12:58 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > - For guest MAXPHYADDR vs. GPAW, rely on KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID to enumerate
> > the usable MAXPHYADDR[2], and simply refuse to enable TDX if the TDX Module
> > isn't compatible. Specifically, if MAXPHYADDR=52, 5-level paging is enabled,
> > but the TDX-Module only allows GPAW=0, i.e. only supports 4-level paging.
>
> So userspace can get supported GPAW from usable MAXPHYADDR, i.e.,
> CPUID(0X8000_0008).eaxx[23:16] of KVM_GET_SUPPORTED_CPUID:
> - if usable MAXPHYADDR == 52, supported GPAW is 0 and 1.
> - if usable MAXPHYADDR <= 48, supported GPAW is only 0.
>
> There is another thing needs to be discussed. How does userspace configure
> GPAW for TD guest?
>
> Currently, KVM uses CPUID(0x8000_0008).EAX[7:0] in struct
> kvm_tdx_init_vm::cpuid.entries[] of IOCTL(KVM_TDX_INIT_VM) to deduce the
> GPAW:
>
> int maxpa = 36;
> entry = kvm_find_cpuid_entry2(cpuid->entries, cpuid->nent, 0x80000008, 0);
> if (entry)
> max_pa = entry->eax & 0xff;
>
> ...
> if (!cpu_has_vmx_ept_5levels() && max_pa > 48)
> return -EINVAL;
> if (cpu_has_vmx_ept_5levels() && max_pa > 48) {
> td_params->eptp_controls |= VMX_EPTP_PWL_5;
> td_params->exec_controls |= TDX_EXEC_CONTROL_MAX_GPAW;
> } else {
> td_params->eptp_controls |= VMX_EPTP_PWL_4;
> }
>
> The code implies that KVM allows the provided CPUID(0x8000_0008).EAX[7:0] to
> be any value (when 5level ept is supported). when it > 48, configure GPAW of
> TD to 1, otherwise to 0.
>
> However, the virtual value of CPUID(0x8000_0008).EAX[7:0] inside TD is
> always the native value of hardware (for current TDX).
>
> So if we want to keep this behavior, we need to document it somewhere that
> CPUID(0x8000_0008).EAX[7:0] in struct kvm_tdx_init_vm::cpuid.entries[] of
> IOCTL(KVM_TDX_INIT_VM) is only for configuring GPAW, not for userspace to
> configure virtual CPUID value for TD VMs.
>
> Another option is that, KVM doesn't allow userspace to configure
> CPUID(0x8000_0008).EAX[7:0]. Instead, it provides a gpaw field in struct
> kvm_tdx_init_vm for userspace to configure directly.
>
> What do you prefer?

Hmm, neither. I think the best approach is to build on Gerd's series to have KVM
select 4-level vs. 5-level based on the enumerated guest.MAXPHYADDR, not on
host.MAXPHYADDR.

With a moderate amount of refactoring, cache/compute guest_maxphyaddr as:

static void kvm_vcpu_refresh_maxphyaddr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *best;

best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 0x80000000);
if (!best || best->eax < 0x80000008)
goto not_found;

best = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 0x80000008);
if (!best)
goto not_found;

vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr = best->eax & GENMASK(7, 0);

if (best->eax & GENMASK(15, 8))
vcpu->arch.guest_maxphyaddr = (best->eax & GENMASK(15, 8)) >> 8;
else
vcpu->arch.guest_maxphyaddr = vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr;

return;

not_found:
vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr = KVM_X86_DEFAULT_MAXPHYADDR;
vcpu->arch.guest_maxphyaddr = KVM_X86_DEFAULT_MAXPHYADDR;
}

and then use vcpu->arch.guest_maxphyaddr instead of vcpu->arch.maxphyaddr when
selecting the TDP level.

static inline int kvm_mmu_get_tdp_level(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
{
/* tdp_root_level is architecture forced level, use it if nonzero */
if (tdp_root_level)
return tdp_root_level;

/*
* Use 5-level TDP if and only if it's useful/necessary. Definitely a
* more verbose comment here.
*/
if (max_tdp_level == 5 && vcpu->arch.guest_maxphyaddr <= 48)
return 4;

return max_tdp_level;
}

The only question is whether or not the behavior needs to be opt-in via a new
capability, e.g. in case there is some weird usage where userspace enumerates
guest.MAXPHYADDR < host.MAXPHYADDR but still wants/needs 5-level paging. I highly
doubt such a use case exists though.

I'll get Gerd's series applied, and will post a small series to implement the
above later this week.