Re: [PATCH V8 36/44] memremap_pages: Reserve a PKS PKey for eventual use by PMEM

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Tue Feb 08 2022 - 17:53:19 EST


On Sat, Feb 05, 2022 at 12:19:27AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 9:40 PM Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 04, 2022 at 09:12:11AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 10:35 AM Edgecombe, Rick P
> > > <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, 2022-01-27 at 09:54 -0800, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > > > enum pks_pkey_consumers {
> > > > > - PKS_KEY_DEFAULT = 0, /* Must be 0 for default PTE
> > > > > values */
> > > > > - PKS_KEY_TEST = 1,
> > > > > - PKS_KEY_NR_CONSUMERS = 2,
> > > > > + PKS_KEY_DEFAULT = 0, /* Must be 0 for default
> > > > > PTE values */
> > > > > + PKS_KEY_TEST = 1,
> > > > > + PKS_KEY_PGMAP_PROTECTION = 2,
> > > > > + PKS_KEY_NR_CONSUMERS = 3,
> > > > > };
> > > >
> > > > The c spec says that any enum member that doesn't have an "=" will be
> > > > one more than the previous member. As a consequence you can leave the
> > > > "=" off PKS_KEY_NR_CONSUMERS and it will get auto adjusted when you add
> > > > more like this.
> > > >
> > > > I know we've gone around and around on this, but why also specify the
> > > > value for each key? They should auto increment and the first one is
> > > > guaranteed to be zero.
> >
> > Because it was easier to ensure that the init value had all the defaults
> > covered.
> >
> > > >
> > > > Otherwise this doesn't use any of the features of "enum", it's just a
> > > > verbose series of const int's.
> >
> > True but does this really matter?
> >
> > >
> > > Going further, this can also build in support for dynamically (at
> > > build time) freeing keys based on config, something like:
> > >
> > > enum {
> > > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PKS_TEST)
> > > PKS_KEY_TEST,
> > > #endif
> > > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEVMAP_PROTECTION)
> > > PKS_KEY_PGMAP_PROTECTION,
> > > #endif
> > > PKS_KEY_NR_CONSUMERS,
> > > }
> >
> > This is all well and good until you get to the point of trying to define the
> > initial MSR value.
> >
> > What Rick proposes without the Kconfig check is easier than this. But to do
> > what both you and Rick suggest this is the best crap I've been able to come up
> > with that actually works...
> >
> >
> > /* pkeys_common.h */
> > #define PKR_AD_BIT 0x1u
> > #define PKR_WD_BIT 0x2u
> > #define PKR_BITS_PER_PKEY 2
> >
> > #define PKR_PKEY_SHIFT(pkey) (pkey * PKR_BITS_PER_PKEY)
> >
> > #define PKR_KEY_INIT_RW(pkey) (0 << PKR_PKEY_SHIFT(pkey))
> > #define PKR_KEY_INIT_AD(pkey) (PKR_AD_BIT << PKR_PKEY_SHIFT(pkey))
> > #define PKR_KEY_INIT_WD(pkey) (PKR_WD_BIT << PKR_PKEY_SHIFT(pkey))
> >
> >
> > /* pks-keys.h */
> > #define PKR_KEY_MASK(pkey) (0xffffffff & ~((PKR_WD_BIT|PKR_AD_BIT) << PKR_PKEY_SHIFT(pkey)))
> >
> > enum pks_pkey_consumers {
> > PKS_KEY_DEFAULT = 0, /* Must be 0 for default PTE values */
> > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PKS_TEST)
> > PKS_KEY_TEST,
> > #endif
> > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEVMAP_ACCESS_PROTECTION)
> > PKS_KEY_PGMAP_PROTECTION,
> > #endif
> > PKS_KEY_NR_CONSUMERS
> > };
> >
> > #define PKS_DEFAULT_VALUE PKR_KEY_INIT_RW(PKS_KEY_DEFAULT)
> > #define PKS_DEFAULT_MASK PKR_KEY_MASK(PKS_KEY_DEFAULT)
> >
> > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PKS_TEST)
> > #define PKS_TEST_VALUE PKR_KEY_INIT_AD(PKS_KEY_TEST)
> > #define PKS_TEST_MASK PKR_KEY_MASK(PKS_KEY_TEST)
> > #else
> > /* Just define another default value to fool the CPP */
> > #define PKS_TEST_VALUE PKR_KEY_INIT_RW(0)
> > #define PKS_TEST_MASK PKR_KEY_MASK(0)
> > #endif
> >
> > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEVMAP_ACCESS_PROTECTION)
> > #define PKS_PGMAP_VALUE PKR_KEY_INIT_AD(PKS_KEY_PGMAP_PROTECTION)
> > #define PKS_PGMAP_MASK PKR_KEY_MASK(PKS_KEY_PGMAP_PROTECTION)
> > #else
> > /* Just define another default value to fool the CPP */
> > #define PKS_PGMAP_VALUE PKR_KEY_INIT_RW(0)
> > #define PKS_PGMAP_MASK PKR_KEY_MASK(0)
> > #endif
> >
> > #define PKS_INIT_VALUE ((0xFFFFFFFF & \
> > (PKS_DEFAULT_MASK & \
> > PKS_TEST_MASK & \
> > PKS_PGMAP_MASK \
> > )) | \
> > (PKS_DEFAULT_VALUE | \
> > PKS_TEST_VALUE | \
> > PKS_PGMAP_VALUE \
> > ) \
> > )
> >
> >
> > I find the above much harder to parse and of little value. I'm pretty sure
> > that someone adding a key is much more likely to get the macro maze wrong.
> > Reviewing a patch to add a key would be much more difficult as well, IMHO.
> >
> > I'm a bit tired of this back and forth trying to implement this for features
> > which may never exist. In all my discussions I don't think we have reached
> > more than 10 use cases in our wildest dreams and only 4 have even been
> > attempted with real code including the PKS test.
> >
> > So I'm just a bit frustrated with the effort we have put in to try and do
> > dynamic or even compile time dynamic keys.
> >
> > Anyway I'll think on it more. But I'm inclined to leave it alone right now.
> > What I have is easy to review for correctness and only takes a bit of effort to
> > actually use.
>
> Sorry, for the thrash Ira, I felt compelled to put some skin in the
> game and came up with the below. Ignore the names they are just to
> show the idea:
>
> #define KEYVAL(prev, config) (prev + __is_defined(config))
> #define KEYDEFAULT(key, default, config) ((default << (key * 2)) *
> __is_defined(config))
> #define KEYX KEYVAL(0, ENABLE_X)
> #define KEYY KEYVAL(KEYX, ENABLE_Y)
> #define KEYZ KEYVAL(KEYY, ENABLE_Z)
> #define KEYMAX KEYVAL(KEYZ, 1)
>
> #define KEY0_INIT 0x1
> #define KEYX_INIT KEYDEFAULT(KEYX, 2, ENABLE_X)
> #define KEYY_INIT KEYDEFAULT(KEYY, 2, ENABLE_Y)
> #define KEYZ_INIT KEYDEFAULT(KEYZ, 2, ENABLE_Z)
>
> #define ALL_AD 0x55555555
> #define DEFAULT (ALL_AD & (GENMASK(31, KEYMAX * 2))) | KEYX_INIT |
> KEYY_INIT | KEYZ_INIT | KEY0_INIT
>
> The idea is that this relies on a defined key order, but still
> dynamically assigns key values at compile time. It's not as simple as
> an enum, but it still seems readable to me.
>
> The definition is done in 2 parts key slot numbers (KEYVAL()) and the
> values they need to inject into the combined global init mask
> (KEYDEFAULT()). The KEYVAL() section above defines the key order where
> each key gets an incremented value in the order, but only if the
> previous key was defined. KEYDEFAULT() defines the init value and
> optionally zeros out the init value if the config is disabled. Finally
> the DEFAULT mask is initialized to all 5s if there are zero keys
> defined, but otherwise masks 2-bits per defined key + 1 and ORs in the
> corresponding key init values. This uses some of the magic behind the
> IS_ENABLED() macro to turn undefined symbols into 0s.
>
> It seems to work, for example if I just define KEYX and KEYZ,
>
> #define ENABLE_X 1
> #define ENABLE_Z 1
>
> printf("X: %d:%#x Y: %d:%#x Z: %d:%#x MAX: %d DEFAULT: %#x\n", KEYX,
> KEYX_INIT, KEYY, KEYY_INIT, KEYZ, KEYZ_INIT, KEYMAX, DEFAULT);
>
> # ./a.out
> X: 1:0x8 Y: 1:0 Z: 2:0x20 MAX: 3 DEFAULT: 0x55555569

Yes this seems to work. I still think it is a bit clunky, but after
documenting it I think it is clear enough. I also played with making it a bit
more straight forward with the macro names.

Here is the doc:

/**
* DOC: PKS_KEY_ALLOCATION
*
* Users reserve a key value in 5 steps.
* 1) Use PKS_NEW_KEY to create a new key
* 2) Ensure that the last key value is used in the PKS_NEW_KEY macro
* 3) Adjust PKS_KEY_MAX to use the newly defined key value
* 4) Use PKS_DECLARE_INIT_VALUE to define an initial value
* 5) Add the new PKS default value to PKS_INIT_VALUE
*
* The PKS_NEW_KEY and PKS_DECLARE_INIT_VALUE macros require the Kconfig
* option to be specified to automatically adjust the number of keys used.
*
* PKS_KEY_DEFAULT must remain 0 (prev = 0) key with a default of
* PKS_DECLARE_DEFAULT_RW support non-pks protected pages.
*
* For example to configure a key for 'MY_FEATURE' with a default of Write
* Disabled.
*
* .. code-block:: c
*
* #define PKS_KEY_DEFAULT PKS_NEW_KEY(0, 1)
*
* // 1) Add PKS_KEY_MY_FEATURE
* // 2) Be sure to use the last defined key in the macro
* #define PKS_KEY_MY_FEATURE PKS_NEW_KEY(PKS_KEY_DEFAULT, CONFIG_MY_FEATURE)
*
* // 3) Adjust PKS_KEY_MAX
* #define PKS_KEY_MAX PKS_NEW_KEY(PKS_KEY_MY_FEATURE, 1)
*
*
* #define PKS_KEY_DEFAULT_INIT PKS_DECLARE_INIT_VALUE(PKS_KEY_DEFAULT, RW, 1)
*
* // 4) Define initial value
* #define PKS_KEY_MY_FEATURE_INIT PKS_DECLARE_INIT_VALUE(PKS_KEY_MY_FEATURE, WD, CONFIG_MY_FEATURE)
*
* // 5) Add initial value to PKS_INIT_VALUE
* #define PKS_INIT_VALUE ((PKS_ALL_AD & (GENMASK(31, PKS_KEY_MAX * PKR_BITS_PER_PKEY))) | \
* PKS_KEY_DEFAULT_INIT | \
* PKS_KEY_MY_FEATURE_INIT | \
* )
*/


Let me know if this is clear enough?
Ira