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

Pavel Tatashin
2021-01-20T16:06:43Z

On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 7:01 AM Wei Liu <wei.liu@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> 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)
> +
> /*
> * 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).

Is this comment relevant? Do we have to mirror what Windows does?

> + *
> + * For now, use the privilege flag as the indicator for running as
> + * root.
> + */
> + if (cpuid_ebx(HYPERV_CPUID_FEATURES) & HV_CPU_MANAGEMENT) {
> + hv_root_partition = true;
> + pr_info("Hyper-V: running as root partition\n");
> + }
> +

Reviewed-by: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>

> /*
> * Extract host information.
> */
> --
> 2.20.1
>