From: Joerg Roedel <joro@8bytes.org>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: x86@kernel.org, Joerg Roedel <jroedel@suse.de>,
hpa@zytor.com, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/6] x86/sev-es: Disable IRQs while GHCB is active
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2021 16:20:36 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YMNxNEb/T3iF4TG8@8bytes.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YMNtmz6W1apXL5q+@zn.tnic>
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 04:05:15PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 11:11:37AM +0200, Joerg Roedel wrote:
> Why not simply "sandwich" them:
>
> local_irq_save()
> sev_es_get_ghcb()
>
> ...blablabla
>
> sev_es_put_ghcb()
> local_irq_restore();
>
> in every call site?
I am not a fan of this, because its easily forgotten to add
local_irq_save()/local_irq_restore() calls around those. Yes, we can add
irqs_disabled() assertions to the functions, but we can as well just
disable/enable IRQs in them. Only the previous value of EFLAGS.IF needs
to be carried from one function to the other.
> Hmm, so why aren't you accessing/setting data->ghcb_active and
> data->backup_ghcb_active safely using cmpxchg() if this path can be
> interrupted by an NMI?
Using cmpxchg is not necessary here. It is all per-cpu data, so local to
the current cpu. If an NMI happens anywhere in sev_es_get_ghcb() it can
still use the GHCB, because the interrupted #VC handler will not start
writing to it before sev_es_get_ghcb() returned.
Problems only come up when one path starts writing to the GHCB, but that
happens long after it is marked active.
Regards,
Joerg
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-11 14:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-10 9:11 [PATCH v4 0/6] x86/sev-es: Fixes for SEV-ES Guest Support Joerg Roedel
2021-06-10 9:11 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] x86/sev-es: Fix error message in runtime #VC handler Joerg Roedel
2021-06-10 9:11 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] x86/sev-es: Disable IRQs while GHCB is active Joerg Roedel
2021-06-11 14:05 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-11 14:20 ` Joerg Roedel [this message]
2021-06-11 14:34 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-10 9:11 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] x86/sev-es: Split up runtime #VC handler for correct state tracking Joerg Roedel
2021-06-10 10:19 ` Peter Zijlstra
2021-06-10 11:30 ` Joerg Roedel
2021-06-10 9:11 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] x86/insn-eval: Make 0 a valid RIP for insn_get_effective_ip() Joerg Roedel
2021-06-10 9:11 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] x86/insn: Extend error reporting from insn_fetch_from_user[_inatomic]() Joerg Roedel
2021-06-10 9:11 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] x86/sev-es: Propagate #GP if getting linear instruction address failed Joerg Roedel
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