Re: [PATCH v2 12/25] KVM: VMX: Handle FRED event data

[Chao Gao <chao.gao@intel.com>]

>index ee61d2c25cb0..f622fb90a098 100644
>--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
>@@ -1871,9 +1871,29 @@ static void vmx_inject_exception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>                vmcs_write32(VM_ENTRY_INSTRUCTION_LEN,
>                             vmx->vcpu.arch.event_exit_inst_len);
>                intr_info |= INTR_TYPE_SOFT_EXCEPTION;
>-       } else
>+       } else {
>                intr_info |= INTR_TYPE_HARD_EXCEPTION;
>
>+               if (kvm_is_fred_enabled(vcpu)) {
>+                       u64 event_data = 0;
>+
>+                       if (is_debug(intr_info))
>+                               /*
>+                                * Compared to DR6, FRED #DB event data saved on
>+                                * the stack frame have bits 4 ~ 11 and 16 ~ 31
>+                                * inverted, i.e.,
>+                                *   fred_db_event_data = dr6 ^ 0xFFFF0FF0UL
>+                                */
>+                               event_data = vcpu->arch.dr6 ^ DR6_RESERVED;
>+                       else if (is_page_fault(intr_info))
>+                               event_data = vcpu->arch.cr2;
>+                       else if (is_nm_fault(intr_info))
>+                               event_data = to_vmx(vcpu)->fred_xfd_event_data;
>+

IMO, deriving an event_data from CR2/DR6 is a little short-sighted because the
event_data and CR2/DR6 __can__ be different, e.g., L1 VMM __can__ set CR2 to A
and event_data field to B (!=A) when injecting #PF.

And this approach cannot be extended to handle a (future) exception whose
event_data isn't tied to a dedicated register like CR2/DR6.

Adding a new field fred_xfd_event_data in struct vcpu has problems too:
fred_xfd_event_data gets lost during migration; strickly speaking, event_data
is tied to an exception rather than a CPU. e.g., the CPU may detect a nested
exception when delivering one and both have their own event_data.

I think we can make event_data a property of exceptions. i.e., add a payload2
to struct kvm_queued_exception. and add new APIs to kvm_queue_exception* family
to accept a payload2 and in VMX code, just program payload2 to the VMCS
event_data field if FRED is enabled. KVM ABI should be extended as well to pass
payload2 to userspace like how the payload is handled in
kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_get/put_vcpu_events.