Re: [PATCH v10 24/27] KVM: x86: Enable CET virtualization for VMX and advertise to userspace

From: Sean Christopherson
Date: Wed May 01 2024 - 19:15:44 EST


On Sun, Feb 18, 2024, Yang Weijiang wrote:
> @@ -696,6 +697,20 @@ void kvm_set_cpu_caps(void)
> kvm_cpu_cap_set(X86_FEATURE_INTEL_STIBP);
> if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AMD_SSBD))
> kvm_cpu_cap_set(X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL_SSBD);
> + /*
> + * Don't use boot_cpu_has() to check availability of IBT because the
> + * feature bit is cleared in boot_cpu_data when ibt=off is applied
> + * in host cmdline.

I'm not convinced this is a good reason to diverge from the host kernel. E.g.
PCID and many other features honor the host setup, I don't see what makes IBT
special.

LA57 is special because it's entirely reasonable, likely even, for a host to
only want to use 48-bit virtual addresses, but still want to let the guest enable
LA57.

> @@ -4934,6 +4935,14 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
>
> vmcs_write32(VM_ENTRY_INTR_INFO_FIELD, 0); /* 22.2.1 */
>
> + if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
> + vmcs_writel(GUEST_SSP, 0);
> + vmcs_writel(GUEST_S_CET, 0);
> + vmcs_writel(GUEST_INTR_SSP_TABLE, 0);
> + } else if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_IBT)) {
> + vmcs_writel(GUEST_S_CET, 0);
> + }

Similar to my comments about MSR interception, I think it would be better to
explicitly handle the "common" field. At first glance, code like the above makes
it look like IBT is mutually exclusive with SHSTK, e.g. a reader that isn't
looking closely could easily miss that both paths write GUEST_S_CET.

if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK)) {
vmcs_writel(GUEST_SSP, 0);
vmcs_writel(GUEST_INTR_SSP_TABLE, 0);
}
if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_IBT) ||
kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK))
vmcs_writel(GUEST_S_CET, 0);