Re: [PATCH v5 4/8] KVM: VMX: Pass through CET related MSRs to Guest

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Tue Jun 04 2019 - 16:03:01 EST


On Wed, May 22, 2019 at 03:00:57PM +0800, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> CET MSRs pass through Guest directly to enhance performance.
> CET runtime control settings are stored in MSR_IA32_{U,S}_CET,
> Shadow Stack Pointer(SSP) are presented in MSR_IA32_PL{0,1,2,3}_SSP,
> SSP table base address is stored in MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB,
> these MSRs are defined in kernel and re-used here.
>
> MSR_IA32_U_CET and MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP are used for user mode protection,
> the contents could differ from process to process, therefore,
> kernel needs to save/restore them during context switch, so it makes
> sense to pass through them so that the guest kernel can
> use xsaves/xrstors to operate them efficiently. Ohter MSRs are used
> for non-user mode protection. See CET spec for detailed info.
>
> The difference between CET VMCS state fields and xsave components is,
> the former used for CET state storage during VMEnter/VMExit,
> whereas the latter used for state retention between Guest task/process
> switch.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Co-developed-by: Zhang Yi Z <yi.z.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> index 574428375ff9..9321da538f65 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
> @@ -6942,6 +6942,7 @@ static void update_intel_pt_cfg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> static void vmx_cpuid_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> {
> struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
> + unsigned long *msr_bitmap;
>
> if (cpu_has_secondary_exec_ctrls()) {
> vmx_compute_secondary_exec_control(vmx);
> @@ -6963,6 +6964,19 @@ static void vmx_cpuid_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_INTEL_PT) &&
> guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_INTEL_PT))
> update_intel_pt_cfg(vcpu);
> +
> + msr_bitmap = vmx->vmcs01.msr_bitmap;
> +
> + if (guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) ||
> + guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBT)) {
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_U_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_S_CET, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL1_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL2_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP, MSR_TYPE_RW);
> + }
> }
>
> static void vmx_set_supported_cpuid(u32 func, struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry)
> @@ -7163,6 +7177,7 @@ static void __pi_post_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
> spin_unlock(&per_cpu(blocked_vcpu_on_cpu_lock, vcpu->pre_pcpu));
> vcpu->pre_pcpu = -1;
> }
> +

Spurious whitespace change.

> }
>
> /*
> --
> 2.17.2
>