Re: [PATCH v3 10/21] KVM: arm64: Enable forcing page-level stage-2 mappings

Quentin Perret
2021-08-03T10:13:28Z

Hi Fuad,

On Monday 02 Aug 2021 at 11:49:28 (+0200), Fuad Tabba wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 29, 2021 at 3:28 PM Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > Much of the stage-2 manipulation logic relies on being able to destroy
> > block mappings if e.g. installing a smaller mapping in the range. The
> > rationale for this behaviour is that stage-2 mappings can always be
> > re-created lazily. However, this gets more complicated when the stage-2
> > page-table is used to store metadata about the underlying pages. In such
> > cases, destroying a block mapping may lead to losing part of the state,
> > and confuse the user of those metadata (such as the hypervisor in nVHE
> > protected mode).
> >
> > To avoid this, introduce a callback function in the pgtable struct which
> > is called during all map operations to determine whether the mappings
> > can use blocks, or should be forced to page granularity. This is used by
> > the hypervisor when creating the host stage-2 to force page-level
> > mappings when using non-default protection attributes.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Quentin Perret <qperret@google.com>
> > ---
> > arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h | 65 ++++++++++++++++-----------
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c | 30 +++++++++++--
> > arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c | 29 +++++++++---
> > 3 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
> > index 83c5c97d9eac..ba7dcade2798 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h
> > @@ -115,25 +115,6 @@ enum kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags {
> > KVM_PGTABLE_S2_IDMAP = BIT(1),
> > };
> >
> > -/**
> > - * struct kvm_pgtable - KVM page-table.
> > - * @ia_bits: Maximum input address size, in bits.
> > - * @start_level: Level at which the page-table walk starts.
> > - * @pgd: Pointer to the first top-level entry of the page-table.
> > - * @mm_ops: Memory management callbacks.
> > - * @mmu: Stage-2 KVM MMU struct. Unused for stage-1 page-tables.
> > - */
> > -struct kvm_pgtable {
> > - u32 ia_bits;
> > - u32 start_level;
> > - kvm_pte_t *pgd;
> > - struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops;
> > -
> > - /* Stage-2 only */
> > - struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu;
> > - enum kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags flags;
> > -};
> > -
> > /**
> > * enum kvm_pgtable_prot - Page-table permissions and attributes.
> > * @KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X: Execute permission.
> > @@ -149,11 +130,41 @@ enum kvm_pgtable_prot {
> > KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE = BIT(3),
> > };
> >
> > -#define PAGE_HYP (KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R | KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W)
> > +#define KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RW (KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R | KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W)
> > +#define KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RWX (KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RW | KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X)
> > +
> > +#define PAGE_HYP KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RW
> > #define PAGE_HYP_EXEC (KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R | KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_X)
> > #define PAGE_HYP_RO (KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R)
> > #define PAGE_HYP_DEVICE (PAGE_HYP | KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_DEVICE)
>
> I wonder if it would be useful to add a couple of other aliases for
> default memory and default mmio protections, e.g.,
>
> #define KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_MEM KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RWX
> #define KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_MMIO KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RW
>
> I think that using these below, e.g., host_stage2_force_pte_cb(),
> might make it clearer and answer comments you had in earlier patches
> about why "RWX" for memory.

Sure I can add something. I'll probably call them something else than
KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_{MEM,MMIO} though, just to make it clear this is all
specific to the host stage-2 stuff and not a general requirement of the
pgtable code to map things like this.

> >
> > +typedef bool (*kvm_pgtable_force_pte_cb_t)(u64 addr, u64 end,
> > + enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot);
> > +
> > +/**
> > + * struct kvm_pgtable - KVM page-table.
> > + * @ia_bits: Maximum input address size, in bits.
> > + * @start_level: Level at which the page-table walk starts.
> > + * @pgd: Pointer to the first top-level entry of the page-table.
> > + * @mm_ops: Memory management callbacks.
> > + * @mmu: Stage-2 KVM MMU struct. Unused for stage-1 page-tables.
> > + * @flags: Stage-2 page-table flags.
> > + * @force_pte_cb: Callback function used during map operations to decide
> > + * whether block mappings can be used to map the given IPA
> > + * range.
> > + */
>
> nit: I think it might be clearer (and probably not longer) to rephrase
> to describe in terms of the return value of the callback, e.g., "...
> function that returns true if page level mappings must be used instead
> of block mappings."

Works for me, thanks for the suggestion.

> > +struct kvm_pgtable {
> > + u32 ia_bits;
> > + u32 start_level;
> > + kvm_pte_t *pgd;
> > + struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops;
> > +
> > + /* Stage-2 only */
> > + struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu;
> > + enum kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags flags;
> > + kvm_pgtable_force_pte_cb_t force_pte_cb;
> > +};
> > +
> > /**
> > * enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags - Flags to control a depth-first page-table walk.
> > * @KVM_PGTABLE_WALK_LEAF: Visit leaf entries, including invalid
> > @@ -246,21 +257,25 @@ int kvm_pgtable_hyp_map(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u64 addr, u64 size, u64 phys,
> > u64 kvm_get_vtcr(u64 mmfr0, u64 mmfr1, u32 phys_shift);
> >
> > /**
> > - * kvm_pgtable_stage2_init_flags() - Initialise a guest stage-2 page-table.
> > + * __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init() - Initialise a guest stage-2 page-table.
> > * @pgt: Uninitialised page-table structure to initialise.
> > * @arch: Arch-specific KVM structure representing the guest virtual
> > * machine.
> > * @mm_ops: Memory management callbacks.
> > * @flags: Stage-2 configuration flags.
> > + * @force_pte_cb: Callback function used during map operations to decide
> > + * whether block mappings can be used to map the given IPA
> > + * range.
>
> nit: same nit as above with describing the callback in terms of its return value
>
> > *
> > * Return: 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
> > */
> > -int kvm_pgtable_stage2_init_flags(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, struct kvm_arch *arch,
> > - struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops,
> > - enum kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags flags);
> > +int __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, struct kvm_arch *arch,
> > + struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops,
> > + enum kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags flags,
> > + kvm_pgtable_force_pte_cb_t force_pte_cb);
> >
> > #define kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(pgt, arch, mm_ops) \
> > - kvm_pgtable_stage2_init_flags(pgt, arch, mm_ops, 0)
> > + __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(pgt, arch, mm_ops, 0, NULL)
> >
> > /**
> > * kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy() - Destroy an unused guest stage-2 page-table.
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
> > index 2148d3968aa5..70c57d2c3024 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/mem_protect.c
> > @@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ static void prepare_host_vtcr(void)
> > id_aa64mmfr1_el1_sys_val, phys_shift);
> > }
> >
> > +static bool host_stage2_force_pte_cb(u64 addr, u64 end, enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot);
>
> nit: newline
>
> > int kvm_host_prepare_stage2(void *pgt_pool_base)
> > {
> > struct kvm_s2_mmu *mmu = &host_kvm.arch.mmu;
> > @@ -101,8 +102,9 @@ int kvm_host_prepare_stage2(void *pgt_pool_base)
> > if (ret)
> > return ret;
> >
> > - ret = kvm_pgtable_stage2_init_flags(&host_kvm.pgt, &host_kvm.arch,
> > - &host_kvm.mm_ops, KVM_HOST_S2_FLAGS);
> > + ret = __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(&host_kvm.pgt, &host_kvm.arch,
> > + &host_kvm.mm_ops, KVM_HOST_S2_FLAGS,
> > + host_stage2_force_pte_cb);
> > if (ret)
> > return ret;
> >
> > @@ -270,9 +272,31 @@ static int host_stage2_adjust_range(u64 addr, struct kvm_mem_range *range)
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > +static bool host_stage2_force_pte_cb(u64 addr, u64 end, enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot)
> > +{
> > + /*
> > + * Block mappings must be used with care in the host stage-2 as a
> > + * kvm_pgtable_stage2_map() operation targeting a page in the range of
> > + * an existing block will delete the block under the assumption that
> > + * mappings in the rest of the block range can always be rebuilt lazily.
> > + * That assumption is correct for the host stage-2 with RWX mappings
> > + * targeting memory or RW mappings targeting MMIO ranges (see
> > + * host_stage2_idmap() below which implements some of the host memory
> > + * abort logic). However, this is not safe for any other mappings where
> > + * the host stage-2 page-table is in fact the only place where this
> > + * state is stored. In all those cases, it is safer to use page-level
> > + * mappings, hence avoiding to lose the state because of side-effects in
> > + * kvm_pgtable_stage2_map().
> > + */
> > + if (range_is_memory(addr, end))
> > + return prot != KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RWX;
> > + else
> > + return prot != KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RW;
> > +}
>
> Just checking, I don't think that it's possible for the range to be
> big enough to somehow include both memory and mmio, neither now nor in
> future use cases, is it?

That really shouldn't be the case no -- the host_stage2_idmap() function
tries hard to respect that, so I figured as long as these two are
consistent we should be fine.

> > +
> > static int host_stage2_idmap(u64 addr)
> > {
> > - enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot = KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_R | KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_W;
> > + enum kvm_pgtable_prot prot = KVM_PGTABLE_PROT_RW;
> > struct kvm_mem_range range;
> > bool is_memory = find_mem_range(addr, &range);
> > int ret;
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > index 2689fcb7901d..bcc02e6e0f62 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/pgtable.c
> > @@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ int kvm_pgtable_hyp_init(struct kvm_pgtable *pgt, u32 va_bits,
> > pgt->start_level = KVM_PGTABLE_MAX_LEVELS - levels;
> > pgt->mm_ops = mm_ops;
> > pgt->mmu = NULL;
> > + pgt->force_pte_cb = NULL;
> > +
> > return 0;
> > }
> >
> > @@ -489,6 +491,9 @@ struct stage2_map_data {
> > void *memcache;
> >
> > struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops;
> > +
> > + /* Force mappings to page granularity */
> > + bool force_pte;
> > };
> >
> > u64 kvm_get_vtcr(u64 mmfr0, u64 mmfr1, u32 phys_shift)
> > @@ -602,6 +607,15 @@ static bool stage2_pte_executable(kvm_pte_t pte)
> > return !(pte & KVM_PTE_LEAF_ATTR_HI_S2_XN);
> > }
> >
> > +static bool stage2_block_mapping_allowed(u64 addr, u64 end, u32 level,
> > + struct stage2_map_data *data)
> > +{
> > + if (data->force_pte && (level < (KVM_PGTABLE_MAX_LEVELS - 1)))
> > + return false;
>
> I'm not sure I understand why checking the level is necessary. Can
> there be block mapping at the last possible level?

That's probably just a matter of naming, but this function is in fact
called at every level, just like kvm_block_mapping_supported() was
before. And we rely on it returning true at the last level, so I need to
do that check here.

Maybe renaming this stage2_leaf_mapping_allowed() would clarify?

Thanks,
Quentin