Re: [RFC v1 1/2] powerpc/pseries/iommu: Share the per-cpu TCE page with the hypervisor.

[Michael Ellerman]

Ram Pai <linuxram@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The hypervisor needs to access the contents of the page holding the TCE
> entries while setting up the TCE entries in the IOMMU's TCE table. For
> SecureVMs, since this page is encrypted, the hypervisor cannot access
> valid entries. Share the page with the hypervisor. This ensures that the
> hypervisor sees the valid entries.

Can you please give people some explanation of why this is safe. After
all the point of the Ultravisor is to protect the guest from a malicious
hypervisor. Giving the hypervisor access to a page of TCEs sounds
dangerous, so please explain why it's not.

cheers

> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
> index 8d9c2b1..07f0847 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/iommu.c
> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
>  #include <asm/mmzone.h>
>  #include <asm/plpar_wrappers.h>
>  #include <asm/svm.h>
> +#include <asm/ultravisor.h>
>  
>  #include "pseries.h"
>  
> @@ -179,6 +180,19 @@ static int tce_build_pSeriesLP(struct iommu_table *tbl, long tcenum,
>  
>  static DEFINE_PER_CPU(__be64 *, tce_page);
>  
> +/*
> + * Allocate a tce page.  If secure VM, share the page with the hypervisor.
> + */
> +static __be64 *alloc_tce_page(void)
> +{
> +	__be64 *tcep = (__be64 *)__get_free_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
> +
> +	if (tcep && is_secure_guest())
> +		uv_share_page(PHYS_PFN(__pa(tcep)), 1);
> +
> +	return tcep;
> +}
> +
>  static int tce_buildmulti_pSeriesLP(struct iommu_table *tbl, long tcenum,
>  				     long npages, unsigned long uaddr,
>  				     enum dma_data_direction direction,
> @@ -206,8 +220,7 @@ static int tce_buildmulti_pSeriesLP(struct iommu_table *tbl, long tcenum,
>  	 * from iommu_alloc{,_sg}()
>  	 */
>  	if (!tcep) {
> -		tcep = (__be64 *)__get_free_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
> -		/* If allocation fails, fall back to the loop implementation */
> +		tcep = alloc_tce_page();
>  		if (!tcep) {
>  			local_irq_restore(flags);
>  			return tce_build_pSeriesLP(tbl, tcenum, npages, uaddr,
> @@ -391,6 +404,7 @@ static int tce_clearrange_multi_pSeriesLP(unsigned long start_pfn,
>  	return rc;
>  }
>  
> +
>  static int tce_setrange_multi_pSeriesLP(unsigned long start_pfn,
>  					unsigned long num_pfn, const void *arg)
>  {
> @@ -405,7 +419,7 @@ static int tce_setrange_multi_pSeriesLP(unsigned long start_pfn,
>  	tcep = __this_cpu_read(tce_page);
>  
>  	if (!tcep) {
> -		tcep = (__be64 *)__get_free_page(GFP_ATOMIC);
> +		tcep = alloc_tce_page();
>  		if (!tcep) {
>  			local_irq_enable();
>  			return -ENOMEM;
> -- 
> 1.8.3.1