Re: [PATCHv3 09/14] x86/tdx: Account shared memory

["kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>]

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 02:47:29AM +0000, Huang, Kai wrote:
> 
> > +static atomic_long_t nr_shared;
> > +
> > +static inline bool pte_decrypted(pte_t pte)
> > +{
> > +	return cc_mkdec(pte_val(pte)) == pte_val(pte);
> > +}
> > +
> >  /* Called from __tdx_hypercall() for unrecoverable failure */
> >  noinstr void __noreturn __tdx_hypercall_failed(void)
> >  {
> > @@ -820,6 +828,11 @@ static int tdx_enc_status_change_finish(unsigned long vaddr, int numpages,
> >  	if (!enc && !tdx_enc_status_changed(vaddr, numpages, enc))
> >  		return -EIO;
> >  
> > +	if (enc)
> > +		atomic_long_sub(numpages, &nr_shared);
> > +	else
> > +		atomic_long_add(numpages, &nr_shared);
> > +
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  
> > @@ -895,3 +908,59 @@ void __init tdx_early_init(void)
> >  
> >  	pr_info("Guest detected\n");
> >  }
> > +
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
> > +static int tdx_shared_memory_show(struct seq_file *m, void *p)
> > +{
> > +	unsigned long addr, end;
> > +	unsigned long found = 0;
> > +
> > +	addr = PAGE_OFFSET;
> > +	end  = PAGE_OFFSET + get_max_mapped();
> > +
> > +	while (addr < end) {
> > +		unsigned long size;
> > +		unsigned int level;
> > +		pte_t *pte;
> > +
> > +		pte = lookup_address(addr, &level);
> > +		size = page_level_size(level);
> > +
> > +		if (pte && pte_decrypted(*pte))
> > +			found += size / PAGE_SIZE;
> > +
> > +		addr += size;
> > +
> > +		cond_resched();
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	seq_printf(m, "Number of unshared pages in kernel page tables:  %16lu\n",
> > +		   found);
> > +	seq_printf(m, "Number of pages accounted as unshared:           %16ld\n",
> > +		   atomic_long_read(&nr_shared));
> 
> unshared -> shared?

Right.

> Btw, I am not quite sure what's the purpose of reporting number of shared pages
> in both kernel page table and that the kernel is accounting?
> 
> IIUC, there might be slight chance that the former is different from the latter
> (i.e., when user reads this while the kernel is converting pages
> simultaneously), but in most of the time the user should see they are the same.
> 
> I can see it might be helpful to report @nr_shared to the user, but how can
> reporting both help the user?

It is critical to unshared *all* pages on kexec or the second kernel will
crash at some point on accessing shared page as private.

This is the sanity check: if number of shared pages in page tables is less
than what we expected, we've lost shared bit somewhere. And kexec will
likely be a disaster.

Ability to trigger the check a any point can help to correlate the leak
with activity.

> That being said, I think perhaps you can separate the /sysfs part as a separate
> patch because it's not a mandatory part of this series but a nice to have.  Then
> the /sysfs part can be reviewed separately. 

Okay, makes sense.

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov