Re: [PATCH 09/14] KVM: selftests: Fix vmxon_pa == vmcs12_pa == -1ull vmx_set_nested_state_test for !eVMCS case

From: Maxim Levitsky
Date: Tue Nov 07 2023 - 13:24:49 EST


On Wed, 2023-10-25 at 17:24 +0200, Vitaly Kuznetsov wrote:
> The "vmxon_pa == vmcs12_pa == -1ull" test happens to work by accident: as
> Enlightened VMCS is always supported, set_default_vmx_state() adds
> 'KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS' to 'flags' and the following branch of
> vmx_set_nested_state() is executed:
>
> if ((kvm_state->flags & KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS) &&
> (!guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_VMX) ||
> !vmx->nested.enlightened_vmcs_enabled))
> return -EINVAL;
>
> as 'enlightened_vmcs_enabled' is false. In fact, "vmxon_pa == vmcs12_pa ==
> -1ull" is a valid state when not tainted by wrong flags so the test should
> aim for this branch:
>
> if (kvm_state->hdr.vmx.vmxon_pa == INVALID_GPA)
> return 0;
>
> Test all this properly:
> - Without KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS in the flags, the expected return value is
> '0'.
> - With KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS flag (when supported) set, the expected
> return value is '-EINVAL' prior to enabling eVMCS and '0' after.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Kuznetsov <vkuznets@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> .../kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c | 16 ++++++++++------
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c
> index 41ea7028a1f8..67a62a5a8895 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/vmx_set_nested_state_test.c
> @@ -125,21 +125,25 @@ void test_vmx_nested_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
>
> /*
> * Setting vmxon_pa == -1ull and vmcs_pa == -1ull exits early without
> - * setting the nested state but flags other than eVMCS must be clear.
> - * The eVMCS flag can be set if the enlightened VMCS capability has
> - * been enabled.
> + * setting the nested state. When the eVMCS flag is not set, the
> + * expected return value is '0'.
> */
> set_default_vmx_state(state, state_sz);
> + state->flags = 0;
> state->hdr.vmx.vmxon_pa = -1ull;
> state->hdr.vmx.vmcs12_pa = -1ull;
> - test_nested_state_expect_einval(vcpu, state);
> + test_nested_state(vcpu, state);
>
> - state->flags &= KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS;
> + /*
> + * When eVMCS is supported, the eVMCS flag can only be set if the
> + * enlightened VMCS capability has been enabled.
> + */
> if (have_evmcs) {
> + state->flags = KVM_STATE_NESTED_EVMCS;
> test_nested_state_expect_einval(vcpu, state);
> vcpu_enable_evmcs(vcpu);
> + test_nested_state(vcpu, state);
> }
> - test_nested_state(vcpu, state);
>
> /* It is invalid to have vmxon_pa == -1ull and SMM flags non-zero. */
> state->hdr.vmx.smm.flags = 1;


Makes sense, but I am not 100% sure that I haven't missed something.

Reviewed-by: Maxim Levitsky <mlevitsk@xxxxxxxxxx>

Best regards,
Maxim Levitsky