Re: [PATCH] arm64: KVM: VHE: reset PSTATE.UAO when switch to host

[James Morse <james.morse@arm.com>]

Hi Dongjiu Geng,

On 07/09/17 06:54, Dongjiu Geng wrote:
> In VHE mode, host kernel runs in the EL2 and can enable
> 'User Access Override' when fs==KERNEL_DS so that it can
> access kernel memory. However, PSTATE.UAO is set to 0 on
> an exception taken from EL1 to EL2. Thus when VHE is used
> and exception taken from a guest UAO will be disabled and
> host will use the incorrect PSTATE.UAO. So check and reset
> the PSTATE.UAO when switching to host.

This would only be a problem if KVM were calling into world-switch with
fs==KERNEL_DS. I can't see where this happens.

kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run() is the only place KVM calls world-switch, there are no
set_fs() calls in it, or on the path to it. The addr_limit should be USER_DS,
PSTATE.UAO will be clear, as it is when we come back from a guest.

This isn't broken today. I agree it will break if KVM decides to
set_fs(KERNEL_DS) around world switch, but until then we don't need this patch.


> Move the reset PSTATE.PAN on entry to EL2 together with
> PSTATE.UAO reset.

Moving this breaks PAN-at-HYP for systems with PAN but without VHE.


> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> index 12ee62d..7662ef5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/entry.S
> @@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ ENTRY(__guest_exit)
>  
>  	add	x1, x1, #VCPU_CONTEXT
>  
> -	ALTERNATIVE(nop, SET_PSTATE_PAN(1), ARM64_HAS_PAN, CONFIG_ARM64_PAN)
> -
>  	// Store the guest regs x2 and x3
>  	stp	x2, x3,   [x1, #CPU_XREG_OFFSET(2)]
>  
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> index a733461..715b3941 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/switch.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
>  #include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
>  #include <asm/kvm_hyp.h>
>  #include <asm/fpsimd.h>
> +#include <asm/exec.h>
>  
>  static bool __hyp_text __fpsimd_enabled_nvhe(void)
>  {
> @@ -399,6 +400,17 @@ int __hyp_text __kvm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>  
>  	__sysreg_restore_host_state(host_ctxt);
>  
> +	if (has_vhe()) {
> +		/*
> +		 * PSTATE was not saved over guest enter/exit, re-enable
> +		 * any detecte features that might not have been set
> +		 * correctly.
> +		 */
> +		uao_thread_switch(current);

I don't see how addr_limit will ever be KERNEL_DS, so this is always clearing
PSTATE.UAO, which was already clear from the guest-exit exception.

(Also, the uao_thread_switch() code isn't accessible from EL2, neither is current)


> +		asm(ALTERNATIVE("nop", SET_PSTATE_PAN(1),
> +			ARM64_HAS_PAN, CONFIG_ARM64_PAN));

... and this is setting PSTATE.PAN on VHE, which was already set, and breaking
PAN-at-HYP on non-VHE systems.

Vladimir's commit message for that patch that added this enabling explained it
is needed for !VHE as SCTLR_EL2 when HCR_EL2.E2H is clear doesn't have a SPAN bit.

When we have VHE clearing SCTLR_EL2.SPAN (clearing because it was RES1 on v8.0)
will cause the CPU to set PSTATE.PAN when we take an exception.


> +	}
> +
>  	if (fp_enabled) {
>  		__fpsimd_save_state(&guest_ctxt->gp_regs.fp_regs);
>  		__fpsimd_restore_state(&host_ctxt->gp_regs.fp_regs);
> 


James