Re: [Patch v4 05/13] init: Call mem_encrypt_init() after Hyper-V hypercall init is done

From: Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Date: Tue Dec 06 2022 - 14:37:52 EST




On 12/1/22 7:30 PM, Michael Kelley wrote:
> Full Hyper-V initialization, including support for hypercalls, is done
> as an apic_post_init callback via late_time_init(). mem_encrypt_init()
> needs to make hypercalls when it marks swiotlb memory as decrypted.
> But mem_encrypt_init() is currently called a few lines before
> late_time_init(), so the hypercalls don't work.

Did you consider moving hyper-v hypercall initialization before
mem_encrypt_init(). Is there any dependency issue?

>
> Fix this by moving mem_encrypt_init() after late_time_init() and
> related clock initializations. The intervening initializations don't
> do any I/O that requires the swiotlb, so moving mem_encrypt_init()
> slightly later has no impact.
>
> Signed-off-by: Michael Kelley <mikelley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> init/main.c | 19 +++++++++++--------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
> index e1c3911..5a7c466 100644
> --- a/init/main.c
> +++ b/init/main.c
> @@ -1088,14 +1088,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address start_kernel(void)
> */
> locking_selftest();
>
> - /*
> - * This needs to be called before any devices perform DMA
> - * operations that might use the SWIOTLB bounce buffers. It will
> - * mark the bounce buffers as decrypted so that their usage will
> - * not cause "plain-text" data to be decrypted when accessed.
> - */
> - mem_encrypt_init();
> -
> #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
> if (initrd_start && !initrd_below_start_ok &&
> page_to_pfn(virt_to_page((void *)initrd_start)) < min_low_pfn) {
> @@ -1112,6 +1104,17 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address start_kernel(void)
> late_time_init();
> sched_clock_init();
> calibrate_delay();
> +
> + /*
> + * This needs to be called before any devices perform DMA
> + * operations that might use the SWIOTLB bounce buffers. It will
> + * mark the bounce buffers as decrypted so that their usage will
> + * not cause "plain-text" data to be decrypted when accessed. It
> + * must be called after late_time_init() so that Hyper-V x86/x64
> + * hypercalls work when the SWIOTLB bounce buffers are decrypted.
> + */
> + mem_encrypt_init();
> +
> pid_idr_init();
> anon_vma_init();
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86

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Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer