Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86/pmu: Prevent any host user from enabling PEBS for profiling guest

Liang, Kan
2023-11-30T15:50:07Z

On 2023-11-30 2:29 a.m., Like Xu wrote:
> On 29/11/2023 10:38 pm, Liang, Kan wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2023-11-29 4:50 a.m., Like Xu wrote:
>>> From: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
>>>
>>> Stop using PEBS counters on host to profiling guest. Limit the range of
>>> enabled PEBS counters to only those counters enabled from the guest PEBS
>>> emulation perspective.
>>>
>>> If there is a perf-record agent on host that uses perf-tools events like
>>> "cpu-cycles:GP" (G for attr.exclude_host, P for max precise event
>>> counter)
>>> to capture guest performance events, then the guest will be hanged.
>>> This is
>>> because Intel DS-based PEBS buffer is addressed using the 64-bit linear
>>> address of the current {p/v}CPU context based on MSR_IA32_DS_AREA.
>>>
>>> Any perf user using PEBS counters to profile guest on host is, in
>>> perf/core
>>> implementation details, trying to set bits on
>>> cpuc->intel_ctrl_guest_mask
>>> and arr[pebs_enable].guest, much like the guest PEBS emulation
>>> behaviour.
>>> But the subsequent PEBS memory write, regardless of whether guest
>>> PEBS is
>>> enabled, can overshoot guest entry and corrupt guest memory.
>>>
>>> Profiling guest via PEBS-DS buffer on host is not supported at this
>>> time.
>>> Fix this by filtering the real configured value of
>>> arr[pebs_enable].guest
>>> with the emulated state of guest enabled PEBS counters, under the
>>> condition
>>> of none cross-mapped PEBS counters.
>>
>> So the counter will be silently disabled. The user never knows why
>> nothing is sampled.
>> Since we don't support the case, profiling guest via PEBS-DS buffer on
>> host. Maybe we should error out when creating the event. For example
>> (not tested),
>
> Test failed.
>
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> index 3871267d3237..24b90c70737f 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>> @@ -3958,6 +3958,10 @@ static int intel_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event
>> *event)
>>           if ((event->attr.config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK) ==
>> INTEL_FIXED_VLBR_EVENT)
>>               return -EINVAL;
>>
>> +        /* Profiling guest via PEBS-DS buffer on host is not
>> supported. */
>> +        if (event->attr.exclude_host)
>> +            return -EINVAL;
>> +
>
> Guest PEBS emulation also sets this bit, a typical call stack looks like:
>
>     intel_pmu_hw_config+0x441/0x4d0
>     hsw_hw_config+0x12/0xa0
>     x86_pmu_event_init+0x98/0x370
>     perf_try_init_event+0x47/0x130
>     perf_event_alloc+0x446/0xeb0
>     perf_event_create_kernel_counter+0x38/0x190
>     pmc_reprogram_counter.constprop.17+0xd9/0x230 [kvm]
>     kvm_pmu_handle_event+0x1a6/0x310 [kvm]
>     vcpu_enter_guest+0x1388/0x19b0 [kvm]
>     vcpu_run+0x117/0x6c0 [kvm]
>     kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x13d/0x4d0 [kvm]
>     kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x301/0x6e0 [kvm]
>

Oh right, the event from the KVM guest is also exclude_host.
So we should only error out with the non-KVM exclude_host PEBS event.

> Alternatively, this path is taken when using PEBS-via-PT to profile
> guests on host.

There is a is_pebs_pt(event), so we can skip the PEBS-via-PT.

Seems we just need to distinguish a KVM event and a normal host event.
I don't have a better way to do it except using
event->overflow_handler_context, which is NULL for a normal host event.

diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
index a968708ed1fb..c93a2aaff7c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
@@ -3958,6 +3958,16 @@ static int intel_pmu_hw_config(struct perf_event
*event)
if ((event->attr.config & INTEL_ARCH_EVENT_MASK) ==
INTEL_FIXED_VLBR_EVENT)
return -EINVAL;

+ /*
+ * Profiling guest via PEBS-DS buffer on host is not supported.
+ * The event->overflow_handler_context is to distinguish a KVM
+ * event and a normal host event.
+ */
+ if (event->attr.exclude_host &&
+ !is_pebs_pt(event) &&
+ !event->overflow_handler_context)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
if (!(event->attr.freq || (event->attr.wakeup_events &&
!event->attr.watermark))) {
event->hw.flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD;
if (!(event->attr.sample_type &

>
> The status of the guest can only be queried in the NMI handler and the func
> intel_guest_get_msrs() in the perf/core context, where it's easier and more
> centrally to review this part of changes that affects vPMU for corner
> cases.
>
> Maybe adding print info on the perf-tool side would help.
>
> For perf-tool users, it will get 0 number of sample for "cpu-cycles:GP"
> events,
> just like other uncounted perf-tool events.

perf-tool would never know such details, e.g., whether the platform
supports PEBS-DS or other PEBS method. It's hard to tell if the 0 is
because of an unsupported hardware or nothing sampled in the guest.

Thanks,
Kan
>
>>           if (!(event->attr.freq || (event->attr.wakeup_events &&
>> !event->attr.watermark))) {
>>               event->hw.flags |= PERF_X86_EVENT_AUTO_RELOAD;
>>               if (!(event->attr.sample_type &
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Kan
>>
>>>
>>> Cc: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
>>> Fixes: c59a1f106f5c ("KVM: x86/pmu: Add IA32_PEBS_ENABLE MSR
>>> emulation for extended PEBS")
>>> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com>
>>> ---
>>>   arch/x86/events/intel/core.c | 8 +++++++-
>>>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>>> index a08f794a0e79..17afd504c35b 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
>>> @@ -4103,13 +4103,19 @@ static struct perf_guest_switch_msr
>>> *intel_guest_get_msrs(int *nr, void *data)
>>>           .guest = pebs_mask & ~cpuc->intel_ctrl_host_mask,
>>>       };
>>>   +    /* In any case, clear guest PEBS bits first. */
>>> +    arr[global_ctrl].guest &= ~arr[pebs_enable].guest;
>>> +
>>>       if (arr[pebs_enable].host) {
>>>           /* Disable guest PEBS if host PEBS is enabled. */
>>>           arr[pebs_enable].guest = 0;
>>>       } else {
>>>           /* Disable guest PEBS thoroughly for cross-mapped PEBS
>>> counters. */
>>>           arr[pebs_enable].guest &= ~kvm_pmu->host_cross_mapped_mask;
>>> -        arr[global_ctrl].guest &= ~kvm_pmu->host_cross_mapped_mask;
>>> +
>>> +        /* Prevent any host user from enabling PEBS for profiling
>>> guest. */
>>> +        arr[pebs_enable].guest &= (kvm_pmu->pebs_enable &
>>> kvm_pmu->global_ctrl);
>>> +
>>>           /* Set hw GLOBAL_CTRL bits for PEBS counter when it runs
>>> for guest */
>>>           arr[global_ctrl].guest |= arr[pebs_enable].guest;
>>>       }
>>>
>>> base-commit: 6803fb00772cc50cd59a66bd8caaee5c84b13fcf