Re: [PATCH v5 02/16] x86/hyperv: detect if Linux is the root partition

Wei Liu
2021-01-26T15:25:56Z

On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 03:15:12PM +0000, Wei Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 12:31:31AM +0000, Michael Kelley wrote:
> > From: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2021 4:01 AM
> > >
> > > For now we can use the privilege flag to check. Stash the value to be
> > > used later.
> > >
> > > Put in a bunch of defines for future use when we want to have more
> > > fine-grained detection.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org>
> > > ---
> > > v3: move hv_root_partition to mshyperv.c
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h | 10 ++++++++++
> > > arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h | 2 ++
> > > arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
> > > 3 files changed, 32 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
> > > index 6bf42aed387e..204010350604 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/hyperv-tlfs.h
> > > @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
> > > #define HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES 0x40000003
> > > #define HYPERV_CPUID_ENLIGHTMENT_INFO 0x40000004
> > > #define HYPERV_CPUID_IMPLEMENT_LIMITS 0x40000005
> > > +#define HYPERV_CPUID_CPU_MANAGEMENT_FEATURES 0x40000007
> > > #define HYPERV_CPUID_NESTED_FEATURES 0x4000000A
> > >
> > > #define HYPERV_CPUID_VIRT_STACK_INTERFACE 0x40000081
> > > @@ -110,6 +111,15 @@
> > > /* Recommend using enlightened VMCS */
> > > #define HV_X64_ENLIGHTENED_VMCS_RECOMMENDED BIT(14)
> > >
> > > +/*
> > > + * CPU management features identification.
> > > + * These are HYPERV_CPUID_CPU_MANAGEMENT_FEATURES.EAX bits.
> > > + */
> > > +#define HV_X64_START_LOGICAL_PROCESSOR BIT(0)
> > > +#define HV_X64_CREATE_ROOT_VIRTUAL_PROCESSOR BIT(1)
> > > +#define HV_X64_PERFORMANCE_COUNTER_SYNC BIT(2)
> > > +#define HV_X64_RESERVED_IDENTITY_BIT BIT(31)
> > > +
> >
> > I wonder if these bit definitions should go in the asm-generic part of
> > hyperv-tlfs.h instead of the X64 specific part. They look very architecture
> > neutral (in which case the X64 should be dropped from the name
> > as well). Of course, they can be moved later when/if we get to that point
> > and have a firmer understanding of what is and isn't arch neutral.
>
> Yes. This is the approach I'm taking here. They can be easily moved in
> the future if there is a need.
>
> >
> > > /*
> > > * Virtual processor will never share a physical core with another virtual
> > > * processor, except for virtual processors that are reported as sibling SMT
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
> > > index ffc289992d1b..ac2b0d110f03 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mshyperv.h
> > > @@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ int hyperv_fill_flush_guest_mapping_list(
> > > struct hv_guest_mapping_flush_list *flush,
> > > u64 start_gfn, u64 end_gfn);
> > >
> > > +extern bool hv_root_partition;
> > > +
> > > #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> > > void hv_apic_init(void);
> > > void __init hv_init_spinlocks(void);
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> > > index f628e3dc150f..c376d191a260 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mshyperv.c
> > > @@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
> > > #include <asm/nmi.h>
> > > #include <clocksource/hyperv_timer.h>
> > >
> > > +/* Is Linux running as the root partition? */
> > > +bool hv_root_partition;
> > > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(hv_root_partition);
> > > +
> > > struct ms_hyperv_info ms_hyperv;
> > > EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ms_hyperv);
> > >
> > > @@ -237,6 +241,22 @@ static void __init ms_hyperv_init_platform(void)
> > > pr_debug("Hyper-V: max %u virtual processors, %u logical processors\n",
> > > ms_hyperv.max_vp_index, ms_hyperv.max_lp_index);
> > >
> > > + /*
> > > + * Check CPU management privilege.
> > > + *
> > > + * To mirror what Windows does we should extract CPU management
> > > + * features and use the ReservedIdentityBit to detect if Linux is the
> > > + * root partition. But that requires negotiating CPU management
> > > + * interface (a process to be finalized).
> > > + *
> > > + * For now, use the privilege flag as the indicator for running as
> > > + * root.
> > > + */
> > > + if (cpuid_ebx(HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES) & HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT) {
> >
> > Should the EBX value be captured in the ms_hyperv structure with the
> > other similar values, and then used from there?
> >
>
> There is only one usage of this in this whole series so I didn't bother
> capturing. I would also like to clean up ms_hyperv_info's fields a bit.

Correction: there are two patches that use this. But the rest of my
argument stands.

>
> Given there are quite some patches pending which change ms_hyperv_info
> struct, I would like to avoid creating more conflicts than necessary.
>
> My plan is to implement my idea from the thread "Field names inside
> ms_hyperv_info" once all patches that touch ms_hyperv_info are merged.
>
> Wei.