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SubjectRe: [PATCH v6 19/25] KVM: VMX: Emulate read and write to CET MSRs
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On 11/2/2023 12:31 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 31, 2023, Maxim Levitsky wrote:
>> On Thu, 2023-09-14 at 02:33 -0400, Yang Weijiang wrote:
>>> Add emulation interface for CET MSR access. The emulation code is split
>>> into common part and vendor specific part. The former does common check
>>> for MSRs and reads/writes directly from/to XSAVE-managed MSRs via the
>>> helpers while the latter accesses the MSRs linked to VMCS fields.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Yang Weijiang <weijiang.yang@intel.com>
>>> ---
> ...
>
>>> + case MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP ... MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP:
>>> + case MSR_KVM_SSP:
>>> + if (host_msr_reset && kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK))
>>> + break;
>>> + if (!guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK))
>>> + return 1;
>>> + if (index == MSR_KVM_SSP && !host_initiated)
>>> + return 1;
>>> + if (is_noncanonical_address(data, vcpu))
>>> + return 1;
>>> + if (index != MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB && !IS_ALIGNED(data, 4))
>>> + return 1;
>>> + break;
>> Once again I'll prefer to have an ioctl for setting/getting SSP, this will
>> make the above code simpler (e.g there will be no need to check that write
>> comes from the host/etc).
> I don't think an ioctl() would be simpler overall, especially when factoring in
> userspace. With a synthetic MSR, we get the following quite cheaply:
>
> 1. Enumerating support to userspace.
> 2. Save/restore of the value, e.g. for live migration.
> 3. Vendor hooks for propagating values to/from the VMCS/VMCB.
>
> For an ioctl(), #1 would require a capability, #2 (and #1 to some extent) would
> require new userspace flows, and #3 would require new kvm_x86_ops hooks.
>
> The synthetic MSR adds a small amount of messiness, as does bundling
> MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB with the other shadow stack MSRs. The bulk of the mess comes
> from the need to allow userspace to write '0' when KVM enumerated supported to
> userspace.
>
> If we isolate MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB, that'll help with the synthetic MSR and with
> MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB. For the unfortunate "host reset" behavior, the best idea I
> came up with is to add a helper. It's still a bit ugly, but the ugliness is
> contained in a helper and IMO makes it much easier to follow the case statements.

Frankly speaking, existing code is not hard to understand to me :-), the handling for MSR_KVM_SSP
and MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB is straightforward if audiences read the related spec.
But I'll take your advice and enclose below changes. Thanks!
> get:
>
> case MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB:
> if (!guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) ||
> !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LM))
> return 1;
> break;
> case MSR_KVM_SSP:
> if (!host_initiated)
> return 1;
> fallthrough;
> case MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP ... MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP:
> if (!guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK))
> return 1;
> break;
>
> static bool is_set_cet_msr_allowed(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 data,
> bool host_initiated)
> {
> bool any_cet = index == MSR_IA32_S_CET || index == MSR_IA32_U_CET;
>
> if (guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK))
> return true;
>
> if (any_cet && guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBT))
> return true;
>
> /*
> * If KVM supports the MSR, i.e. has enumerated the MSR existence to
> * userspace, then userspace is allowed to write '0' irrespective of
> * whether or not the MSR is exposed to the guest.
> */
> if (!host_initiated || data)
> return false;
> if (kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_SHSTK))
> return true;
>
> return any_cet && kvm_cpu_cap_has(X86_FEATURE_IBT);
> }
>
> set:
> case MSR_IA32_U_CET:
> case MSR_IA32_S_CET:
> if (!is_set_cet_msr_allowed(vcpu, index, data, host_initiated))
> return 1;
> if (data & CET_US_RESERVED_BITS)
> return 1;
> if (!guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SHSTK) &&
> (data & CET_US_SHSTK_MASK_BITS))
> return 1;
> if (!guest_can_use(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBT) &&
> (data & CET_US_IBT_MASK_BITS))
> return 1;
> if (!IS_ALIGNED(CET_US_LEGACY_BITMAP_BASE(data), 4))
> return 1;
>
> /* IBT can be suppressed iff the TRACKER isn't WAIT_ENDBR. */
> if ((data & CET_SUPPRESS) && (data & CET_WAIT_ENDBR))
> return 1;
> break;
> case MSR_IA32_INT_SSP_TAB:
> if (!guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_LM))
> return 1;
>
> if (is_noncanonical_address(data, vcpu))
> return 1;
> break;
> case MSR_KVM_SSP:
> if (!host_initiated)
> return 1;
> fallthrough;
> case MSR_IA32_PL0_SSP ... MSR_IA32_PL3_SSP:
> if (!is_set_cet_msr_allowed(vcpu, index, data, host_initiated))
> return 1;
> if (is_noncanonical_address(data, vcpu))
> return 1;
> if (!IS_ALIGNED(data, 4))
> return 1;
> break;
> }

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