Re: [PATCH] KVM: arm64: Fix CPUHP logic for protected KVM

Oliver Upton
2023-07-19T20:48:24Z

On Wed, Jul 19, 2023 at 05:54:00PM +0000, Raghavendra Rao Ananta wrote:
> For protected kvm, the CPU hotplug 'down' logic currently brings
> down the timer and vGIC, essentially disabling interrupts. However,
> because of how the 'kvm_arm_hardware_enabled' flag is designed, it
> never re-enables them back on the CPU hotplug 'up' path. Hence,
> clean up the logic to maintain the CPU hotplug up/down symmetry.

Correct me if I am wrong, but this issue exists outside of cpu hotplug,
right? init_subsystems() calls _kvm_arch_hardware_enable() on all cores,
which only sets up the hyp cpu context and not the percpu interrupts.
Similar issue exists for the cpu that calls do_pkvm_init().

I'll also note kvm_arm_hardware_enabled is deceptively vague, as it only
keeps track of whether or not the hyp cpu context has been initialized.
May send a cleanup here in a bit.

Perhaps this for the changelog:

KVM: arm64: Fix hardware enable/disable flows for pKVM

When running in protected mode, the hyp stub is disabled after pKVM is
initialized, meaning the host cannot enable/disable the hyp at
runtime. As such, kvm_arm_hardware_enabled is always 1 after
initialization, and kvm_arch_hardware_enable() never enables the vgic
maintenance irq or timer irqs.

Unconditionally enable/disable the vgic + timer irqs in the respective
calls, instead relying on the percpu bookkeeping in the generic code
to keep track of which cpus have the interrupts unmasked.

> Fixes: 466d27e48d7c ("KVM: arm64: Simplify the CPUHP logic")
> Reported-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
> Suggested-by: Oliver Upton <oliver.upton@linux.dev>
> Signed-off-by: Raghavendra Rao Ananta <rananta@google.com>
> ---
> arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c | 14 ++++----------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> index c2c14059f6a8..010ebfa69650 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> @@ -1867,14 +1867,10 @@ static void _kvm_arch_hardware_enable(void *discard)
>
> int kvm_arch_hardware_enable(void)
> {
> - int was_enabled = __this_cpu_read(kvm_arm_hardware_enabled);
> -
> _kvm_arch_hardware_enable(NULL);
>
> - if (!was_enabled) {
> - kvm_vgic_cpu_up();
> - kvm_timer_cpu_up();
> - }
> + kvm_vgic_cpu_up();
> + kvm_timer_cpu_up();
>
> return 0;
> }
> @@ -1889,10 +1885,8 @@ static void _kvm_arch_hardware_disable(void *discard)
>
> void kvm_arch_hardware_disable(void)
> {
> - if (__this_cpu_read(kvm_arm_hardware_enabled)) {
> - kvm_timer_cpu_down();
> - kvm_vgic_cpu_down();
> - }
> + kvm_timer_cpu_down();
> + kvm_vgic_cpu_down();
>
> if (!is_protected_kvm_enabled())
> _kvm_arch_hardware_disable(NULL);
> --
> 2.41.0.487.g6d72f3e995-goog
>

--
Thanks,
Oliver