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From: "Zhang, Dongsheng X" <dongsheng.x.zhang@intel.com>
To: Sagi Shahar <sagis@google.com>,
	linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>,
	Ryan Afranji <afranji@google.com>,
	Erdem Aktas <erdemaktas@google.com>,
	Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>,
	Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>, Peter Gonda <pgonda@google.com>,
	Haibo Xu <haibo1.xu@intel.com>,
	Chao Peng <chao.p.peng@linux.intel.com>,
	Vishal Annapurve <vannapurve@google.com>,
	Roger Wang <runanwang@google.com>,
	Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@google.com>,
	jmattson@google.com, dmatlack@google.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, kvm@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v5 17/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX MMIO reads test
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:45:43 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dfce9f2e-2253-43b8-b94a-82585879f59d@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231212204647.2170650-18-sagis@google.com>



On 12/12/2023 12:46 PM, Sagi Shahar wrote:
> The test verifies MMIO reads of various sizes from the host to the guest.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sagi Shahar <sagis@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ackerley Tng <ackerleytng@google.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Afranji <afranji@google.com>
> ---
>  .../selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdcall.h |  2 +
>  .../selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdx.h    |  3 +
>  .../kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/test_util.h        | 23 +++++
>  .../selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/tdx/tdx.c        | 19 ++++
>  .../selftests/kvm/x86_64/tdx_vm_tests.c       | 87 +++++++++++++++++++
>  5 files changed, 134 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdcall.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdcall.h
> index b5e94b7c48fa..95fcdbd8404e 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdcall.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdcall.h
> @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
>  
>  #define TDG_VP_VMCALL_INSTRUCTION_IO_READ 0
>  #define TDG_VP_VMCALL_INSTRUCTION_IO_WRITE 1
> +#define TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO_READ 0
> +#define TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO_WRITE 1
>  
>  #define TDG_VP_VMCALL_SUCCESS 0x0000000000000000
>  #define TDG_VP_VMCALL_INVALID_OPERAND 0x8000000000000000
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdx.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdx.h
> index b18e39d20498..13ce60df5684 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdx.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/tdx.h
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
>  #define TDG_VP_VMCALL_INSTRUCTION_IO 30
>  #define TDG_VP_VMCALL_INSTRUCTION_RDMSR 31
>  #define TDG_VP_VMCALL_INSTRUCTION_WRMSR 32
> +#define TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO 48
>  
>  void handle_userspace_tdg_vp_vmcall_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>  uint64_t tdg_vp_vmcall_instruction_io(uint64_t port, uint64_t size,
> @@ -22,5 +23,7 @@ uint64_t tdg_vp_vmcall_get_td_vmcall_info(uint64_t *r11, uint64_t *r12,
>  uint64_t tdg_vp_vmcall_instruction_rdmsr(uint64_t index, uint64_t *ret_value);
>  uint64_t tdg_vp_vmcall_instruction_wrmsr(uint64_t index, uint64_t value);
>  uint64_t tdg_vp_vmcall_instruction_hlt(uint64_t interrupt_blocked_flag);
> +uint64_t tdg_vp_vmcall_ve_request_mmio_read(uint64_t address, uint64_t size,
> +					uint64_t *data_out);
>  
>  #endif // SELFTEST_TDX_TDX_H
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/test_util.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/test_util.h
> index 8a9b6a1bec3e..af412b764604 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/test_util.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/include/x86_64/tdx/test_util.h
> @@ -35,6 +35,29 @@
>  			(VCPU)->run->io.direction);			\
>  	} while (0)
>  
> +
> +/**
> + * Assert that some MMIO operation involving TDG.VP.VMCALL <#VERequestMMIO> was
> + * called in the guest.
> + */
> +#define TDX_TEST_ASSERT_MMIO(VCPU, ADDR, SIZE, DIR)			\
> +	do {								\
> +		TEST_ASSERT((VCPU)->run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_MMIO,	\
> +			"Got exit_reason other than KVM_EXIT_MMIO: %u (%s)\n", \
> +			(VCPU)->run->exit_reason,			\
> +			exit_reason_str((VCPU)->run->exit_reason));	\
> +									\
> +		TEST_ASSERT(((VCPU)->run->exit_reason == KVM_EXIT_MMIO) && \
> +			((VCPU)->run->mmio.phys_addr == (ADDR)) &&	\
> +			((VCPU)->run->mmio.len == (SIZE)) &&		\
> +			((VCPU)->run->mmio.is_write == (DIR)),		\
> +			"Got an unexpected MMIO exit values: %u (%s) %llu %d %d\n", \
> +			(VCPU)->run->exit_reason,			\
> +			exit_reason_str((VCPU)->run->exit_reason),	\
> +			(VCPU)->run->mmio.phys_addr, (VCPU)->run->mmio.len, \
> +			(VCPU)->run->mmio.is_write);			\
> +	} while (0)
> +
>  /**
>   * Check and report if there was some failure in the guest, either an exception
>   * like a triple fault, or if a tdx_test_fatal() was hit.
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/tdx/tdx.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/tdx/tdx.c
> index 9485bafedc38..b19f07ebc0e7 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/tdx/tdx.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/tdx/tdx.c
> @@ -124,3 +124,22 @@ uint64_t tdg_vp_vmcall_instruction_hlt(uint64_t interrupt_blocked_flag)
>  
>  	return __tdx_hypercall(&args, 0);
>  }
> +
> +uint64_t tdg_vp_vmcall_ve_request_mmio_read(uint64_t address, uint64_t size,
> +					uint64_t *data_out)
> +{
> +	uint64_t ret;
> +	struct tdx_hypercall_args args = {
> +		.r11 = TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO,
> +		.r12 = size,
> +		.r13 = TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO_READ,
> +		.r14 = address,
> +	};
> +
> +	ret = __tdx_hypercall(&args, TDX_HCALL_HAS_OUTPUT);
> +
> +	if (data_out)
> +		*data_out = args.r11;
> +
> +	return ret;
> +}
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/tdx_vm_tests.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/tdx_vm_tests.c
> index 5fae4c6e5f95..48902b69d13e 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/tdx_vm_tests.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/tdx_vm_tests.c
> @@ -799,6 +799,92 @@ void verify_guest_hlt(void)
>  	_verify_guest_hlt(0);
>  }
>  
> +/* Pick any address that was not mapped into the guest to test MMIO */
> +#define TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR 0x200000000
> +
> +void guest_mmio_reads(void)
> +{
> +	uint64_t data;
> +	uint64_t ret;
> +
> +	ret = tdg_vp_vmcall_ve_request_mmio_read(TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 1, &data);
> +	if (ret)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(ret);
> +	if (data != 0x12)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(1);
> +
> +	ret = tdg_vp_vmcall_ve_request_mmio_read(TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 2, &data);
> +	if (ret)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(ret);
> +	if (data != 0x1234)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(2);
> +
> +	ret = tdg_vp_vmcall_ve_request_mmio_read(TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 4, &data);
> +	if (ret)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(ret);
> +	if (data != 0x12345678)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(4);
> +
> +	ret = tdg_vp_vmcall_ve_request_mmio_read(TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 8, &data);
> +	if (ret)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(ret);
> +	if (data != 0x1234567890ABCDEF)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(8);
> +
> +	// Read an invalid number of bytes.
> +	ret = tdg_vp_vmcall_ve_request_mmio_read(TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 10, &data);
> +	if (ret)
> +		tdx_test_fatal(ret);
> +
> +	tdx_test_success();
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * Varifies guest MMIO reads.

Nit: typo?  Varifies ==> Verifies

> + */
> +void verify_mmio_reads(void)
> +{
> +	struct kvm_vm *vm;
> +	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> +
> +	vm = td_create();
> +	td_initialize(vm, VM_MEM_SRC_ANONYMOUS, 0);
> +	vcpu = td_vcpu_add(vm, 0, guest_mmio_reads);
> +	td_finalize(vm);
> +
> +	printf("Verifying TD MMIO reads:\n");
> +
> +	td_vcpu_run(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_CHECK_GUEST_FAILURE(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_ASSERT_MMIO(vcpu, TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 1, TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO_READ);
> +	*(uint8_t *)vcpu->run->mmio.data = 0x12;
> +
> +	td_vcpu_run(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_CHECK_GUEST_FAILURE(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_ASSERT_MMIO(vcpu, TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 2, TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO_READ);
> +	*(uint16_t *)vcpu->run->mmio.data = 0x1234;
> +
> +	td_vcpu_run(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_CHECK_GUEST_FAILURE(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_ASSERT_MMIO(vcpu, TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 4, TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO_READ);
> +	*(uint32_t *)vcpu->run->mmio.data = 0x12345678;
> +
> +	td_vcpu_run(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_CHECK_GUEST_FAILURE(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_ASSERT_MMIO(vcpu, TDX_MMIO_TEST_ADDR, 8, TDG_VP_VMCALL_VE_REQUEST_MMIO_READ);
> +	*(uint64_t *)vcpu->run->mmio.data = 0x1234567890ABCDEF;
> +
> +	td_vcpu_run(vcpu);
> +	TEST_ASSERT_EQ(vcpu->run->exit_reason, KVM_EXIT_SYSTEM_EVENT);
> +	TEST_ASSERT_EQ(vcpu->run->system_event.data[1], TDG_VP_VMCALL_INVALID_OPERAND);
> +
> +	td_vcpu_run(vcpu);
> +	TDX_TEST_ASSERT_SUCCESS(vcpu);
> +
> +	kvm_vm_free(vm);
> +	printf("\t ... PASSED\n");
> +}
> +
>  int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  {
>  	setbuf(stdout, NULL);
> @@ -818,6 +904,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
>  	run_in_new_process(&verify_guest_msr_writes);
>  	run_in_new_process(&verify_guest_msr_reads);
>  	run_in_new_process(&verify_guest_hlt);
> +	run_in_new_process(&verify_mmio_reads);
>  
>  	return 0;
>  }


  parent reply	other threads:[~2024-03-21 23:45 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 109+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-12-12 20:46 [RFC PATCH v5 00/29] TDX KVM selftests Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 01/29] KVM: selftests: Add function to allow one-to-one GVA to GPA mappings Sagi Shahar
2024-02-21  1:43   ` Binbin Wu
2024-07-23 19:55     ` Sagi Shahar
2024-03-21 22:29   ` Zhang, Dongsheng X
2024-07-23 19:56     ` Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 02/29] KVM: selftests: Expose function that sets up sregs based on VM's mode Sagi Shahar
2024-02-21  2:18   ` Binbin Wu
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 03/29] KVM: selftests: Store initial stack address in struct kvm_vcpu Sagi Shahar
2024-02-21  2:29   ` Binbin Wu
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 04/29] KVM: selftests: Refactor steps in vCPU descriptor table initialization Sagi Shahar
2024-02-21  5:43   ` Binbin Wu
2024-07-23 21:25     ` Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 05/29] KVM: selftests: Add helper functions to create TDX VMs Sagi Shahar
2024-02-22  9:24   ` Yan Zhao
2024-02-28 16:19   ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-21 22:54   ` Zhang, Dongsheng X
2024-04-12  5:34     ` Ackerley Tng
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 06/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Use KVM_TDX_CAPABILITIES to validate TDs' attribute configuration Sagi Shahar
2024-02-29  8:31   ` Binbin Wu
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 07/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Update load_td_memory_region for VM memory backed by guest memfd Sagi Shahar
2024-02-22  9:19   ` Yan Zhao
2024-07-24 16:42     ` Ackerley Tng
2024-07-25 18:19       ` Ackerley Tng
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 08/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX lifecycle test Sagi Shahar
2024-02-23  1:55   ` Chen Yu
2024-03-01  4:58   ` Yan Zhao
2024-03-01  7:36   ` Yan Zhao
2024-03-21 23:20   ` Zhang, Dongsheng X
2024-04-12  4:42     ` Ackerley Tng
2024-03-22 21:33   ` Chen, Zide
2024-07-25 19:52     ` Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 09/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add report_fatal_error test Sagi Shahar
2024-02-29 12:31   ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-01  6:52   ` Binbin Wu
2024-07-25 20:37     ` Sagi Shahar
2024-03-01 12:09   ` Yan Zhao
2024-04-12  4:56     ` Ackerley Tng
2024-04-12 11:57       ` Yan Zhao
2024-04-15  8:05         ` Ackerley Tng
2024-04-15 10:09           ` Yan Zhao
2024-04-16 18:50             ` Sean Christopherson
2024-04-17 22:41               ` Yan Zhao
2024-04-22 21:23                 ` Sean Christopherson
2024-07-28 11:16                   ` Binbin Wu
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 10/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Adding test case for TDX port IO Sagi Shahar
2024-02-29 13:20   ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-04  2:19   ` Yan Zhao
2024-03-04  9:16     ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-04  9:18       ` Yan Zhao
2024-07-25 22:35     ` Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 11/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add basic TDX CPUID test Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 12/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add basic get_td_vmcall_info test Sagi Shahar
2024-03-01  6:03   ` Binbin Wu
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 13/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX IO writes test Sagi Shahar
2024-03-01  6:55   ` Binbin Wu
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 14/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX IO reads test Sagi Shahar
2024-03-01  8:22   ` Binbin Wu
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 15/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX MSR read/write tests Sagi Shahar
2024-03-01 12:00   ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-01 12:09     ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-05  0:22   ` Yan Zhao
2024-03-21 23:40   ` Zhang, Dongsheng X
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 16/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX HLT exit test Sagi Shahar
2024-03-02  7:31   ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-05  5:40     ` Yan Zhao
2024-07-27 23:23       ` Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 17/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX MMIO reads test Sagi Shahar
2024-03-05  7:09   ` Yan Zhao
2024-03-21 23:45   ` Zhang, Dongsheng X [this message]
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 18/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX MMIO writes test Sagi Shahar
2024-03-02  7:58   ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-05  8:58   ` Yan Zhao
2024-07-30 19:03     ` Sagi Shahar
2024-03-21 23:46   ` Zhang, Dongsheng X
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 19/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX CPUID TDVMCALL test Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 20/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Verify the behavior when host consumes a TD private memory Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 21/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDG.VP.INFO test Sagi Shahar
2024-03-06  4:50   ` Yan Zhao
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 22/29] KVM: selftests: Add functions to allow mapping as shared Sagi Shahar
2024-03-05 11:09   ` Yan Zhao
     [not found]   ` <DS7PR11MB7886BD37E5E56DAB9A0087A3F6292@DS7PR11MB7886.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
2024-03-16  6:24     ` Chen, Zide
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 23/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add shared memory test Sagi Shahar
2024-03-01 12:02   ` Yan Zhao
2024-03-06  1:36     ` Yan Zhao
2024-03-06  1:20   ` Yan Zhao
     [not found]   ` <DS7PR11MB7886AA5F8A19CDFCB5566B0EF6292@DS7PR11MB7886.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
2024-03-16  6:24     ` Chen, Zide
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 24/29] KVM: selftests: Expose _vm_vaddr_alloc Sagi Shahar
2024-03-04  9:55   ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-06  1:49   ` Yan Zhao
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 25/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add support for TDG.MEM.PAGE.ACCEPT Sagi Shahar
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 26/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add support for TDG.VP.VEINFO.GET Sagi Shahar
2024-03-04 13:56   ` Binbin Wu
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 27/29] KVM: selftests: Propagate KVM_EXIT_MEMORY_FAULT to userspace Sagi Shahar
     [not found]   ` <DS7PR11MB78860170A5FD77253573BC09F6292@DS7PR11MB7886.namprd11.prod.outlook.com>
2024-03-14 21:46     ` Chen, Zide
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 28/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX UPM selftest Sagi Shahar
2024-03-05  4:57   ` Binbin Wu
2024-03-06  8:54   ` Yan Zhao
2023-12-12 20:46 ` [RFC PATCH v5 29/29] KVM: selftests: TDX: Add TDX UPM selftests for implicit conversion Sagi Shahar
2024-06-05 18:38 ` [RFC PATCH v5 00/29] TDX KVM selftests Verma, Vishal L
2024-06-05 20:10   ` Sagi Shahar
2024-06-05 20:15     ` Verma, Vishal L
2024-06-05 20:18       ` Verma, Vishal L
2024-06-05 20:42         ` Sagi Shahar
2024-06-05 20:56           ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-06-05 21:34             ` Sagi Shahar
2024-06-05 21:44               ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-06-21  2:51                 ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2024-06-21 20:52                   ` Sagi Shahar

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