Re: [PATCH 09/16] KVM: x86/mmu: Move private vs. shared check above slot validity checks

[Sean Christopherson]

On Wed, Mar 06, 2024, Kai Huang wrote:
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> 
> On 6/03/2024 1:38 pm, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 06, 2024, Kai Huang wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 28/02/2024 3:41 pm, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > > > Prioritize private vs. shared gfn attribute checks above slot validity
> > > > checks to ensure a consistent userspace ABI.  E.g. as is, KVM will exit to
> > > > userspace if there is no memslot, but emulate accesses to the APIC access
> > > > page even if the attributes mismatch.
> > > 
> > > IMHO, it would be helpful to explicitly say that, in the later case (emulate
> > > APIC access page) we still want to report MEMORY_FAULT error first (so that
> > > userspace can have chance to fixup, IIUC) instead of emulating directly,
> > > which will unlikely work.
> > 
> > Hmm, it's not so much that emulating directly won't work, it's that KVM would be
> > violating its ABI.  Emulating APIC accesses after userspace converted the APIC
> > gfn to private would still work (I think), but KVM's ABI is that emulated MMIO
> > is shared-only.
> 
> But for (at least) TDX guest I recall we _CAN_ allow guest's MMIO to be
> mapped as private, right?  The guest is supposed to get a #VE anyway?

Not really.  KVM can't _map_ emulated MMIO as private memory, because S-EPT
entries can only point at convertible memory.  KVM _could_ emulate in response
to a !PRESENT EPT violation, but KVM is not going to do that.

https://lore.kernel.org/all/ZcUO5sFEAIH68JIA@xxxxxxxxxx

> Perhaps I am missing something -- I apologize if this has already been
> discussed.
> 
> > 
> > FWIW, I doubt there's a legitmate use case for converting the APIC gfn to private,
> > this is purely to ensure KVM has simple, consistent rules for how private vs.
> > shared access work.
> 
> Again I _think_ for TDX APIC gfn can be private?  IIUC virtualizing APIC is
> done by the TDX module, which injects #VE to guest when emulation is
> required.

It's a moot point for TDX, as x2APIC is mandatory.