Re: [PATCH v2 11/17] KVM: x86/mmu: Mark the PAE roots as decrypted for shadow paging

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Fri Mar 05 2021 - 13:03:23 EST


On Fri, Mar 05, 2021, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 05/03/21 02:10, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> > @@ -5301,6 +5307,22 @@ static int __kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *mmu)
> > for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
> > mmu->pae_root[i] = 0;
>
> I think this should be deleted, since you have another identical for loop
> below?

Yes, rebase gone awry. And the zeroing needs to be done after decryption.
Good eyes!

> Paolo
>
> > + /*
> > + * CR3 is only 32 bits when PAE paging is used, thus it's impossible to
> > + * get the CPU to treat the PDPTEs as encrypted. Decrypt the page so
> > + * that KVM's writes and the CPU's reads get along. Note, this is
> > + * only necessary when using shadow paging, as 64-bit NPT can get at
> > + * the C-bit even when shadowing 32-bit NPT, and SME isn't supported
> > + * by 32-bit kernels (when KVM itself uses 32-bit NPT).
> > + */
> > + if (!tdp_enabled)
> > + set_memory_decrypted((unsigned long)mmu->pae_root, 1);
> > + else
> > + WARN_ON_ONCE(shadow_me_mask);
> > +
> > + for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i)
> > + mmu->pae_root[i] = 0;
> > +
>