Re: [PATCH v10 031/108] KVM: x86/mmu: Replace hardcoded value 0 for the initial value for SPTE

Binbin Wu
2022-11-03T07:17:39Z

On 2022/10/30 14:22, isaku.yamahata@intel.com wrote:
> From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
>
> The TDX support will need the "suppress #VE" bit (bit 63) set as the
> initial value for SPTE. To reduce code change size, introduce a new macro
> SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE for the initial value for the shadow page table
> entry (SPTE) and replace hard-coded value 0 for it. Initialize shadow page
> tables with their value.
>
> The plan is to unconditionally set the "suppress #VE" bit for both AMD and
> Intel as: 1) AMD hardware doesn't use this bit; 2) for conventional VMX
> guests, KVM never enables the "EPT-violation #VE" in VMCS control and
> "suppress #VE" bit is ignored by hardware.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 50 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h | 2 ++
> arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 15 ++++++------
> 3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> index 10017a9f26ee..e7e11f51f8b4 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
> @@ -538,9 +538,9 @@ static u64 mmu_spte_clear_track_bits(struct kvm *kvm, u64 *sptep)
>
> if (!is_shadow_present_pte(old_spte) ||
> !spte_has_volatile_bits(old_spte))
> - __update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, 0ull);
> + __update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
> else
> - old_spte = __update_clear_spte_slow(sptep, 0ull);
> + old_spte = __update_clear_spte_slow(sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
>
> if (!is_shadow_present_pte(old_spte))
> return old_spte;
> @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static u64 mmu_spte_clear_track_bits(struct kvm *kvm, u64 *sptep)
> */
> static void mmu_spte_clear_no_track(u64 *sptep)
> {
> - __update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, 0ull);
> + __update_clear_spte_fast(sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
> }
>
> static u64 mmu_spte_get_lockless(u64 *sptep)
> @@ -642,6 +642,39 @@ static void walk_shadow_page_lockless_end(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> }
> }
>

Why the changes in mmu_spte_clear_track_bits and mmu_spte_clear_no_track
are not handled differently for X86_64 and non X86_64 as the shadow page
init below?
It seems the two functions are the common code.

> +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> +static inline void kvm_init_shadow_page(void *page)
> +{
> + memset64(page, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE, 4096 / 8);
> +}
> +
> +static int mmu_topup_shadow_page_cache(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> + struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *mc = &vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache;
> + int start, end, i, r;
> +
> + start = kvm_mmu_memory_cache_nr_free_objects(mc);
> + r = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(mc, PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL);
> +
> + /*
> + * Note, topup may have allocated objects even if it failed to allocate
> + * the minimum number of objects required to make forward progress _at
> + * this time_. Initialize newly allocated objects even on failure, as
> + * userspace can free memory and rerun the vCPU in response to -ENOMEM.
> + */
> + end = kvm_mmu_memory_cache_nr_free_objects(mc);
> + for (i = start; i < end; i++)
> + kvm_init_shadow_page(mc->objects[i]);
> + return r;
> +}
> +#else
> +static int mmu_topup_shadow_page_cache(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> +{
> + return kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(&vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache,
> + PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL);
> +}
> +#endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
> +
> static int mmu_topup_memory_caches(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool maybe_indirect)
> {
> int r;
> @@ -651,8 +684,7 @@ static int mmu_topup_memory_caches(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool maybe_indirect)
> 1 + PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL + PTE_PREFETCH_NUM);
> if (r)
> return r;
> - r = kvm_mmu_topup_memory_cache(&vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache,
> - PT64_ROOT_MAX_LEVEL);
> + r = mmu_topup_shadow_page_cache(vcpu);
> if (r)
> return r;
> if (maybe_indirect) {
> @@ -5870,7 +5902,13 @@ int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> vcpu->arch.mmu_page_header_cache.kmem_cache = mmu_page_header_cache;
> vcpu->arch.mmu_page_header_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
>
> - vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
> + /*
> + * When X86_64, initial SEPT entries are initialized with
> + * SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE. Otherwise zeroed. See
> + * mmu_topup_shadow_page_cache().
> + */
> + if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_64))
> + vcpu->arch.mmu_shadow_page_cache.gfp_zero = __GFP_ZERO;
>
> vcpu->arch.mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
> vcpu->arch.walk_mmu = &vcpu->arch.root_mmu;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> index 7670c13ce251..42ecaa75da15 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> @@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ static_assert(MMIO_SPTE_GEN_LOW_BITS == 8 && MMIO_SPTE_GEN_HIGH_BITS == 11);
>
> #define MMIO_SPTE_GEN_MASK GENMASK_ULL(MMIO_SPTE_GEN_LOW_BITS + MMIO_SPTE_GEN_HIGH_BITS - 1, 0)
>
> +#define SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE 0ULL
> +
> extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_host_writable_mask;
> extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_mmu_writable_mask;
> extern u64 __read_mostly shadow_nx_mask;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> index eab765442d0b..38bc4c2f0f1f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> @@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static inline int tdp_mmu_zap_spte_atomic(struct kvm *kvm,
> * here since the SPTE is going from non-present to non-present. Use
> * the raw write helper to avoid an unnecessary check on volatile bits.
> */
> - __kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(iter->sptep, 0);
> + __kvm_tdp_mmu_write_spte(iter->sptep, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
>
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -871,8 +871,8 @@ static void __tdp_mmu_zap_root(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
> continue;
>
> if (!shared)
> - tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, &iter, 0);
> - else if (tdp_mmu_set_spte_atomic(kvm, &iter, 0))
> + tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, &iter, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
> + else if (tdp_mmu_set_spte_atomic(kvm, &iter, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE))
> goto retry;
> }
> }
> @@ -928,8 +928,9 @@ bool kvm_tdp_mmu_zap_sp(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp)
> if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_shadow_present_pte(old_spte)))
> return false;
>
> - __tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, kvm_mmu_page_as_id(sp), sp->ptep, old_spte, 0,
> - sp->gfn, sp->role.level + 1, true, true);
> + __tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, kvm_mmu_page_as_id(sp), sp->ptep, old_spte,
> + SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE, sp->gfn, sp->role.level + 1,
> + true, true);
>
> return true;
> }
> @@ -963,7 +964,7 @@ static bool tdp_mmu_zap_leafs(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_page *root,
> !is_last_spte(iter.old_spte, iter.level))
> continue;
>
> - tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, &iter, 0);
> + tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, &iter, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
> flush = true;
> }
>
> @@ -1328,7 +1329,7 @@ static bool set_spte_gfn(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter,
> * invariant that the PFN of a present * leaf SPTE can never change.
> * See __handle_changed_spte().
> */
> - tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, iter, 0);
> + tdp_mmu_set_spte(kvm, iter, SHADOW_NONPRESENT_VALUE);
>
> if (!pte_write(range->pte)) {
> new_spte = kvm_mmu_changed_pte_notifier_make_spte(iter->old_spte,