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

Michael Kelley
2021-01-26T10:36:08Z

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.

> /*
> * 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?

Michael

> + hv_root_partition = true;
> + pr_info("Hyper-V: running as root partition\n");
> + }
> +
> /*
> * Extract host information.
> */
> --
> 2.20.1