[PATCH kernel 5/9] KVM: SVM/SEV/SEV-ES: Rework intercepts

From: Alexey Kardashevskiy
Date: Thu Jun 15 2023 - 02:45:13 EST


Currently SVM setup is done sequentially in
init_vmcb() -> sev_init_vmcb() -> sev_es_init_vmcb()
and tries keeping SVM/SEV/SEV-ES bits separated. One of the exceptions
is DR intercepts which is for SEV-ES before sev_es_init_vmcb() runs.

Move the SEV-ES intercept setup to sev_es_init_vmcb(). From now on
set_dr_intercepts()/clr_dr_intercepts() handle SVM/SEV only.

Extend the comment about intercepting DR7 which is to prevent the CPU
from getting stuck in an infinite #DB loop as described in
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278496

No functional change intended.

Suggested-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <aik@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Santosh Shukla <santosh.shukla@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>
---
Changes:
v6:
* updated the commit log
* updated the DR7 intercept comment in the code

v5:
* updated the comments
* removed sev_es_guest() checks from set_dr_intercepts()/clr_dr_intercepts()
* removed remaining intercepts from clr_dr_intercepts()
---
arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c | 11 ++++++
arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c | 37 ++++++++------------
2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 981286359b72..744bcc2e6a05 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -2948,6 +2948,7 @@ int sev_es_string_io(struct vcpu_svm *svm, int size, unsigned int port, int in)

static void sev_es_init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
{
+ struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb01.ptr;
struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;

svm->vmcb->control.nested_ctl |= SVM_NESTED_CTL_SEV_ES_ENABLE;
@@ -2976,6 +2977,16 @@ static void sev_es_init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
svm_set_intercept(svm, TRAP_CR4_WRITE);
svm_set_intercept(svm, TRAP_CR8_WRITE);

+ /*
+ * DR7 access must remain intercepted for an SEV-ES guest to disallow
+ * the guest kernel set up a #DB on memory that's needed to vector a #DB
+ * as otherwise the CPU gets stuck in an infinite #DB loop.
+ */
+ vmcb->control.intercepts[INTERCEPT_DR] = 0;
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR7_READ);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR7_WRITE);
+ recalc_intercepts(svm);
+
/* Can't intercept XSETBV, HV can't modify XCR0 directly */
svm_clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_XSETBV);

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index bec6fb82f494..1df99e9f8655 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -694,23 +694,20 @@ static void set_dr_intercepts(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
{
struct vmcb *vmcb = svm->vmcb01.ptr;

- if (!sev_es_guest(svm->vcpu.kvm)) {
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR0_READ);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR1_READ);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR2_READ);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR3_READ);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR4_READ);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR5_READ);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR6_READ);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR0_WRITE);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR1_WRITE);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR2_WRITE);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR3_WRITE);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR4_WRITE);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR5_WRITE);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR6_WRITE);
- }
-
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR0_READ);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR1_READ);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR2_READ);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR3_READ);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR4_READ);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR5_READ);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR6_READ);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR0_WRITE);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR1_WRITE);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR2_WRITE);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR3_WRITE);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR4_WRITE);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR5_WRITE);
+ vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR6_WRITE);
vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR7_READ);
vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR7_WRITE);

@@ -723,12 +720,6 @@ static void clr_dr_intercepts(struct vcpu_svm *svm)

vmcb->control.intercepts[INTERCEPT_DR] = 0;

- /* DR7 access must remain intercepted for an SEV-ES guest */
- if (sev_es_guest(svm->vcpu.kvm)) {
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR7_READ);
- vmcb_set_intercept(&vmcb->control, INTERCEPT_DR7_WRITE);
- }
-
recalc_intercepts(svm);
}

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