Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86_64,hyperv: Use direct call to hypercall-page

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Mon, Apr 21, 2025 at 06:28:42PM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:

> >  #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > +static u64 __hv_hyperfail(u64 control, u64 param1, u64 param2)
> > +{
> > +	return U64_MAX;
> > +}
> > +
> > +DEFINE_STATIC_CALL(__hv_hypercall, __hv_hyperfail);
> > +
> >  u64 hv_pg_hypercall(u64 control, u64 param1, u64 param2)
> >  {
> >  	u64 hv_status;
> > 
> > +	asm volatile ("call " STATIC_CALL_TRAMP_STR(__hv_hypercall)
> >  		      : "=a" (hv_status), ASM_CALL_CONSTRAINT,
> >  		        "+c" (control), "+d" (param1)
> > +		      : "r" (__r8)
> >  		      : "cc", "memory", "r9", "r10", "r11");
> > 
> >  	return hv_status;
> >  }
> > +
> > +typedef u64 (*hv_hypercall_f)(u64 control, u64 param1, u64 param2);
> > +
> > +static inline void hv_set_hypercall_pg(void *ptr)
> > +{
> > +	hv_hypercall_pg = ptr;
> > +
> > +	if (!ptr)
> > +		ptr = &__hv_hyperfail;
> > +	static_call_update(__hv_hypercall, (hv_hypercall_f)ptr);
> > +}

^ kept for reference, as I try and explain how static_call() works
below.

> > -skip_hypercall_pg_init:
> > -	/*
> > -	 * Some versions of Hyper-V that provide IBT in guest VMs have a bug
> > -	 * in that there's no ENDBR64 instruction at the entry to the
> > -	 * hypercall page. Because hypercalls are invoked via an indirect call
> > -	 * to the hypercall page, all hypercall attempts fail when IBT is
> > -	 * enabled, and Linux panics. For such buggy versions, disable IBT.
> > -	 *
> > -	 * Fixed versions of Hyper-V always provide ENDBR64 on the hypercall
> > -	 * page, so if future Linux kernel versions enable IBT for 32-bit
> > -	 * builds, additional hypercall page hackery will be required here
> > -	 * to provide an ENDBR32.
> > -	 */
> > -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT
> > -	if (cpu_feature_enabled(X86_FEATURE_IBT) &&
> > -	    *(u32 *)hv_hypercall_pg != gen_endbr()) {
> > -		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_IBT);
> > -		pr_warn("Disabling IBT because of Hyper-V bug\n");
> > -	}
> > -#endif
> 
> With this patch set, it's nice to see IBT working in a Hyper-V guest!
> I had previously tested IBT with some hackery to the hypercall page
> to add the missing ENDBR64, and didn't see any problems. Same
> after these changes -- no complaints from IBT.

No indirect calls left, no IBT complaints ;-)

> > +	hv_set_hypercall_pg(hv_hypercall_pg);
> > 
> > +skip_hypercall_pg_init:
> >  	/*
> >  	 * hyperv_init() is called before LAPIC is initialized: see
> >  	 * apic_intr_mode_init() -> x86_platform.apic_post_init() and
> > @@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ void hyperv_cleanup(void)
> >  	 * let hypercall operations fail safely rather than
> >  	 * panic the kernel for using invalid hypercall page
> >  	 */
> > -	hv_hypercall_pg = NULL;
> > +	hv_set_hypercall_pg(NULL);
> 
> This causes a hang getting into the kdump kernel after a panic.
> hyperv_cleanup() is called after native_machine_crash_shutdown()
> has done crash_smp_send_stop() on all the other CPUs. I don't know
> the details of how static_call_update() works, 

Right, so let me try and explain this :-)

So we get the compiler to emit direct calls (CALL/JMP) to symbols
prefixed with "__SCT__", in this case from asm, but more usually by
means of the static_call() macro mess.

Meanwhile DEFINE_STATIC_CALL() ensures such a symbol actually exists.
This symbol is a little trampoline that redirects to the actual
target function given to DEFINE_STATIC_CALL() -- __hv_hyperfail() in the
above case.

Then objtool runs through the resulting object file and stores the
location of every call to these __STC__ prefixed symbols in a custom
section.

This enables static_call init (boot time) to go through the section and
rewrite all the trampoline calls to direct calls to the target.
Subsequent static_call_update() calls will again rewrite the direct call
to point elsewhere.

So very much how static_branch() does a NOP/JMP rewrite to toggle
branches, static_call() rewrites (direct) call targets.

> but it's easy to imagine that
> it wouldn't work when the kernel is in such a state.
> 
> The original code setting hv_hypercall_pg to NULL is just tidiness.
> Other CPUs are stopped and can't be making hypercalls, and this CPU
> shouldn't be making hypercalls either, so setting it to NULL more
> cleanly catches some erroneous hypercall (vs. accessing the hypercall
> page after Hyper-V has been told to reset it).

So if you look at (retained above) hv_set_hypercall_pg(), when given
NULL, the call target is set to __hv_hyperfail(), which does an
unconditional U64_MAX return.

Combined with the fact that the thing *should* not be doing hypercalls
anymore at this point, something is iffy.

I can easily remove it, but it *should* be equivalent to before, where
it dynamicall checked for hv_hypercall_pg being NULL.