[RFC PATCH v4 00/16] KVM TDX: TDP MMU: large page support

From: isaku . yamahata
Date: Tue Jul 25 2023 - 18:36:04 EST


From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>

From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@xxxxxxxxx>

Changes from v3:
- Rebased to v15 TDX KVM v6.5-rc1 base

Changes from v2:
- implemented page merging path
- rebased to TDX KVM v11

Changes from v1:
- implemented page merging path
- rebased to UPM v10
- rebased to TDX KVM v10
- rebased to kvm.git queue + v6.1-rc8

---
This patch series is based on "v15 KVM TDX: basic feature support". It
implements large page support for TDP MMU by allowing populating of the large
page and splitting it when necessary.

Feedback for options to merge sub-pages into a large page are welcome.

Remaining TODOs
===============
* Make nx recovery thread use TDH.MEM.RANGE.BLOCK instead of zapping EPT entry.
* Record that the entry is blocked by introducing a bit in spte. On EPT
violation, check if the entry is blocked or not. If the EPT violation is
caused by a blocked Secure-EPT entry, trigger the page merge logic.

Splitting large pages when necessary
====================================
* It already tracking whether GFN is private or shared. When it's changed,
update lpage_info to prevent a large page.
* TDX provides page level on Secure EPT violation. Pass around the page level
that the lower level functions needs.
* Even if the page is the large page in the host, at the EPT level, only some
sub-pages are mapped. In such cases abandon to map large pages and step into
the sub-page level, unlike the conventional EPT.
* When zapping spte and the spte is for a large page, split and zap it unlike
the conventional EPT because otherwise the protected page contents will be
lost.

Merging small pages into a large page if possible
=================================================
On normal EPT violation, check whether pages can be merged into a large page
after mapping it.

TDX operation
=============
The following describes what TDX operations procedures.

* EPT violation trick
Such track (zapping the EPT entry to trigger EPT violation) doesn't work for
TDX. For TDX, it will lose the contents of the protected page to zap a page
because the protected guest page is un-associated from the guest TD. Instead,
TDX provides a different way to trigger EPT violation without losing the page
contents so that VMM can detect guest TD activity by blocking/unblocking
Secure-EPT entry. TDH.MEM.RANGE.BLOCK and TDH.MEM.RANGE.UNBLOCK. They
correspond to clearing/setting a present bit in an EPT entry with page contents
still kept. By TDH.MEM.RANGE.BLOCK and TLB shoot down, VMM can cause guest TD
to trigger EPT violation. After that, VMM can unblock it by
TDH.MEM.RANGE.UNBLOCK and resume guest TD execution. The procedure is as
follows.

- Block Secure-EPT entry by TDH.MEM.RANGE.BLOCK.
- TLB shoot down.
- Wait for guest TD to trigger EPT violation.
- Unblock Secure-EPT entry by TDH.MEM.RANGE.UNBLOCK to resume the guest TD.

* merging sub-pages into a large page
The following steps are needed.
- Ensure that all sub-pages are mapped.
- TLB shoot down.
- Merge sub-pages into a large page (TDH.MEM.PAGE.PROMOTE).
This requires all sub-pages are mapped.
- Cache flush Secure EPT page used to map subpages.

Thanks,

Isaku Yamahata (4):
KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Allocate private page table for large page split
KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Try to merge pages into a large page
KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: TDX: Implement merge pages into a large page
KVM: x86/mmu: Make kvm fault handler aware of large page of private
memslot

Xiaoyao Li (12):
KVM: TDP_MMU: Go to next level if smaller private mapping exists
KVM: TDX: Pass page level to cache flush before TDX SEAMCALL
KVM: TDX: Pass KVM page level to tdh_mem_page_add() and
tdh_mem_page_aug()
KVM: TDX: Pass size to tdx_measure_page()
KVM: TDX: Pass size to reclaim_page()
KVM: TDX: Update tdx_sept_{set,drop}_private_spte() to support large
page
KVM: MMU: Introduce level info in PFERR code
KVM: TDX: Pin pages via get_page() right before ADD/AUG'ed to TDs
KVM: TDX: Pass desired page level in err code for page fault handler
KVM: x86/tdp_mmu: Split the large page when zap leaf
KVM: x86/tdp_mmu, TDX: Split a large page when 4KB page within it
converted to shared
KVM: TDX: Allow 2MB large page for TD GUEST

arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h | 3 +
arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 11 ++
arch/x86/kvm/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c | 40 +++--
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h | 35 +++-
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.c | 37 +++-
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_iter.h | 2 +
arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c | 279 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/common.h | 6 +-
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx.c | 227 +++++++++++++++++------
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx_arch.h | 21 +++
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx_errno.h | 2 +
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/tdx_ops.h | 50 ++++--
arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 2 +-
14 files changed, 601 insertions(+), 115 deletions(-)


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