Re: [PATCH v3 03/17] arm64: kvm: stop treating register x18 as caller save

Kees Cook
2019-11-01T03:48:22Z

On Thu, Oct 31, 2019 at 09:46:23AM -0700, samitolvanen@google.com wrote:
> In preparation of reserving x18, stop treating it as caller save in
> the KVM guest entry/exit code. Currently, the code assumes there is
> no need to preserve it for the host, given that it would have been
> assumed clobbered anyway by the function call to __guest_enter().
> Instead, preserve its value and restore it upon return.
>
> Link: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9836891/
> Co-developed-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
> [ updated commit message, switched from x18 to x29 for the guest context ]
> Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

-Kees

> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S | 41 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
> 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> index e5cc8d66bf53..c3c2d842c609 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
> .pushsection .hyp.text, "ax"
>
> .macro save_callee_saved_regs ctxt
> + str x18, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)]
> stp x19, x20, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(19)]
> stp x21, x22, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(21)]
> stp x23, x24, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(23)]
> @@ -32,6 +33,8 @@
> .endm
>
> .macro restore_callee_saved_regs ctxt
> + // We assume \ctxt is not x18-x28
> + ldr x18, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)]
> ldp x19, x20, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(19)]
> ldp x21, x22, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(21)]
> ldp x23, x24, [\ctxt, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(23)]
> @@ -48,7 +51,7 @@ ENTRY(__guest_enter)
> // x0: vcpu
> // x1: host context
> // x2-x17: clobbered by macros
> - // x18: guest context
> + // x29: guest context
>
> // Store the host regs
> save_callee_saved_regs x1
> @@ -67,31 +70,28 @@ alternative_else_nop_endif
> ret
>
> 1:
> - add x18, x0, #VCPU_CONTEXT
> + add x29, x0, #VCPU_CONTEXT
>
> // Macro ptrauth_switch_to_guest format:
> // ptrauth_switch_to_guest(guest cxt, tmp1, tmp2, tmp3)
> // The below macro to restore guest keys is not implemented in C code
> // as it may cause Pointer Authentication key signing mismatch errors
> // when this feature is enabled for kernel code.
> - ptrauth_switch_to_guest x18, x0, x1, x2
> + ptrauth_switch_to_guest x29, x0, x1, x2
>
> // Restore guest regs x0-x17
> - ldp x0, x1, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(0)]
> - ldp x2, x3, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(2)]
> - ldp x4, x5, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(4)]
> - ldp x6, x7, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(6)]
> - ldp x8, x9, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(8)]
> - ldp x10, x11, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(10)]
> - ldp x12, x13, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(12)]
> - ldp x14, x15, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(14)]
> - ldp x16, x17, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(16)]
> -
> - // Restore guest regs x19-x29, lr
> - restore_callee_saved_regs x18
> -
> - // Restore guest reg x18
> - ldr x18, [x18, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)]
> + ldp x0, x1, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(0)]
> + ldp x2, x3, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(2)]
> + ldp x4, x5, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(4)]
> + ldp x6, x7, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(6)]
> + ldp x8, x9, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(8)]
> + ldp x10, x11, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(10)]
> + ldp x12, x13, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(12)]
> + ldp x14, x15, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(14)]
> + ldp x16, x17, [x29, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(16)]
> +
> + // Restore guest regs x18-x29, lr
> + restore_callee_saved_regs x29
>
> // Do not touch any register after this!
> eret
> @@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ ENTRY(__guest_exit)
> // Retrieve the guest regs x0-x1 from the stack
> ldp x2, x3, [sp], #16 // x0, x1
>
> - // Store the guest regs x0-x1 and x4-x18
> + // Store the guest regs x0-x1 and x4-x17
> stp x2, x3, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(0)]
> stp x4, x5, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(4)]
> stp x6, x7, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(6)]
> @@ -123,9 +123,8 @@ ENTRY(__guest_exit)
> stp x12, x13, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(12)]
> stp x14, x15, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(14)]
> stp x16, x17, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(16)]
> - str x18, [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(18)]
>
> - // Store the guest regs x19-x29, lr
> + // Store the guest regs x18-x29, lr
> save_callee_saved_regs x1
>
> get_host_ctxt x2, x3
> --
> 2.24.0.rc0.303.g954a862665-goog
>

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Kees Cook