Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:59:43 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] KVM: x86/pt: Ignore all unknown Intel PT capabilities | From | Xiaoyao Li <> |
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On 1/11/2022 12:20 PM, Like Xu wrote: > On 11/1/2022 8:57 am, Sean Christopherson wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022, Like Xu wrote: >>> From: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com> >>> >>> Some of the new Intel PT capabilities (e.g. SDM Vol3, 32.2.4 Event >>> Tracing, it exposes details about the asynchronous events, when they are >>> generated, and when their corresponding software event handler completes >>> execution) cannot be safely and fully emulated by the KVM, especially >>> emulating the simultaneous writing of guest PT packets generated by >>> the KVM to the guest PT buffer. >>> >>> For KVM, it's better to advertise currently supported features based on >>> the "static struct pt_cap_desc" implemented in the host PT driver and >>> ignore _all_ unknown features before they have been investigated one by >>> one and supported in a safe manner, leaving the rest as system-wide-only >>> tracing capabilities. >>> >>> Suggested-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> >>> Signed-off-by: Like Xu <likexu@tencent.com> >>> --- >>> v1 -> v2 Changelog: >>> - Be safe and ignore _all_ unknown capabilities. (Paolo) >>> >>> Previous: >>> https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20220106085533.84356-1-likexu@tencent.com/ >>> >>> arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c | 2 ++ >>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) >>> >>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c >>> index 0b920e12bb6d..439b93359848 100644 >>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c >>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c >>> @@ -901,6 +901,8 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct >>> kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function) >>> break; >>> } >>> + /* It's better to be safe and ignore _all_ unknown >>> capabilities. */ >> >> No need to justify why unknown capabilities are hidden as that's very >> much (supposed >> to be) standard KVM behavior. >> >>> + entry->ebx &= GENMASK(5, 0); >> >> Please add a #define somewhere so that this is self-documenting, e.g. see >> KVM_SUPPORTED_XCR0. > > How about we define this macro in the <asm/intel_pt.h> so that the next > PT capability > enabler can update the mask with minimal effort, considering that many > pure kernel > developers don't care about KVM code ? > >> >> And why just EBX? ECX appears to enumerate features too, and EDX is >> presumably >> reserved to enumerate yet more features when EBX/ECX run out of bits. > > Yes, how about this version: > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h > b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h > index ebe8d2ea44fe..da94d0eeb9df 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/intel_pt.h > @@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ enum pt_capabilities { > PT_CAP_psb_periods, > }; > > +#define GUEST_SUPPORTED_CPUID_14_EBX \ > + (BIT(0) | BIT(1) | BIT(2) | BIT(3) | BIT(4) | BIT(5)) > + > +#define GUEST_SUPPORTED_CPUID_14_ECX \ > + (BIT(0) | BIT(1) | BIT(2) | BIT(3) | BIT(31)) > +
I doubt BIT(3) of CPUID_14_ECX can be exposed to guest directly.
It means "output to Trace Transport Subsystem Supported". If I understand correctly, it at least needs passthrough of the said Transport Subsystem or emulation of it.
> #if defined(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) && defined(CONFIG_CPU_SUP_INTEL) > void cpu_emergency_stop_pt(void); > extern u32 intel_pt_validate_hw_cap(enum pt_capabilities cap); > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c > index 0b920e12bb6d..be8c9170f98e 100644 > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c > @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ > #include <asm/user.h> > #include <asm/fpu/xstate.h> > #include <asm/sgx.h> > +#include <asm/intel_pt.h> > #include "cpuid.h" > #include "lapic.h" > #include "mmu.h" > @@ -900,7 +901,10 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_func(struct > kvm_cpuid_array *array, u32 function) > entry->eax = entry->ebx = entry->ecx = entry->edx = 0; > break; > } > - > + entry->eax = min(entry->eax, 1u); > + entry->ebx &= GUEST_SUPPORTED_CPUID_14_EBX; > + entry->ecx &= GUEST_SUPPORTED_CPUID_14_ECX; > + entry->edx = 0; > for (i = 1, max_idx = entry->eax; i <= max_idx; ++i) { > if (!do_host_cpuid(array, function, i)) > goto out;
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