RE: [RFC PATCH 5/9] x86/bugs: Use Virtual MSRs to request hardware mitigations

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2022 4:24 AM
> To: Zhang, Chen <chen.zhang@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Gao,
> Chao <chao.gao@xxxxxxxxx>; Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>;
> Christopherson,, Sean <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx>; H. Peter Anvin
> <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>; Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Borislav
> Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>; Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>; Thomas Gleixner
> <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 5/9] x86/bugs: Use Virtual MSRs to request hardware
> mitigations
> 
> On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 12:00:42AM +0800, Zhang Chen wrote:
> > From: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > Guests that have different family/model than the host may not be aware
> > of hardware mitigations(such as RRSBA_DIS_S) available on host. This
> > is particularly true when guests migrate. To solve this problem Intel
> > processors have added a virtual MSR interface through which guests can
> > report their mitigation status and request VMM to deploy relevant
> > hardware mitigations.
> >
> > Use this virtualized MSR interface to request relevant hardware
> > controls for retpoline mitigation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Pawan Gupta <pawan.kumar.gupta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c       | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> > b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> > index 1143ac9400c3..1166b472377c 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
> > @@ -165,6 +165,7 @@
> >  						 *
> IA32_XAPIC_DISABLE_STATUS MSR
> >  						 * supported
> >  						 */
> > +#define ARCH_CAP_VIRTUAL_ENUM		BIT(63)	/*
> MSR_VIRTUAL_ENUMERATION supported */
> >
> >  #define MSR_IA32_FLUSH_CMD		0x0000010b
> >  #define L1D_FLUSH			BIT(0)	/*
> > @@ -1062,6 +1063,28 @@
> >  #define MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC_INTEL_PT                 (1ULL << 14)
> >  #define MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC_VMWRITE_SHADOW_RO_FIELDS (1ULL <<
> 29)
> >  #define MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC_PREEMPTION_TIMER_SCALE   0x1F
> > +
> > +/* Intel virtual MSRs */
> > +#define MSR_VIRTUAL_ENUMERATION			0x50000000
> > +#define VIRT_ENUM_MITIGATION_CTRL_SUPPORT	BIT(0)	/*
> > +							 * Mitigation ctrl via
> virtual
> > +							 * MSRs supported
> > +							 */
> > +
> > +#define MSR_VIRTUAL_MITIGATION_ENUM		0x50000001
> > +#define MITI_ENUM_BHB_CLEAR_SEQ_S_SUPPORT	BIT(0)	/* VMM
> supports BHI_DIS_S */
> > +#define MITI_ENUM_RETPOLINE_S_SUPPORT		BIT(1)	/*
> VMM supports RRSBA_DIS_S */
> > +
> > +#define MSR_VIRTUAL_MITIGATION_CTRL		0x50000002
> > +#define MITI_CTRL_BHB_CLEAR_SEQ_S_USED		BIT(0)	/*
> > +							 * Request VMM to
> deploy
> > +							 * BHI_DIS_S
> mitigation
> > +							 */
> > +#define MITI_CTRL_RETPOLINE_S_USED		BIT(1)	/*
> > +							 * Request VMM to
> deploy
> > +							 * RRSBA_DIS_S
> mitigation
> > +							 */
> > +
> >  /* AMD-V MSRs */
> >
> >  #define MSR_VM_CR                       0xc0010114
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > index 3e3230cccaa7..a9e869f568ee 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
> > @@ -1379,6 +1379,28 @@ static void __init
> spectre_v2_determine_rsb_fill_type_at_vmexit(enum spectre_v2_
> >  	dump_stack();
> >  }
> >
> > +/* Speculation control using virtualized MSRs */ static void __init
> > +spec_ctrl_setup_virtualized_msr(void)
> > +{
> > +	u64 msr_virt_enum, msr_mitigation_enum, msr_mitigation_ctrl;
> > +
> > +	if (!(x86_read_arch_cap_msr() & ARCH_CAP_VIRTUAL_ENUM))
> > +		return;
> > +
> > +	rdmsrl(MSR_VIRTUAL_ENUMERATION, msr_virt_enum);
> > +	if (!(msr_virt_enum & VIRT_ENUM_MITIGATION_CTRL_SUPPORT))
> > +		return;
> > +
> > +	rdmsrl(MSR_VIRTUAL_MITIGATION_ENUM, msr_mitigation_enum);
> > +	/* When retpoline is being used, request relevant hardware controls
> */
> > +	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_RETPOLINE) &&
> > +	    msr_mitigation_enum & MITI_ENUM_RETPOLINE_S_SUPPORT) {
> > +		rdmsrl(MSR_VIRTUAL_MITIGATION_CTRL,
> msr_mitigation_ctrl);
> > +		msr_mitigation_ctrl |= MITI_CTRL_RETPOLINE_S_USED;
> > +		wrmsrl(MSR_VIRTUAL_MITIGATION_CTRL,
> msr_mitigation_ctrl);
> > +	}
> > +}
> > +
> >  static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
> >  {
> >  	enum spectre_v2_mitigation_cmd cmd = spectre_v2_parse_cmdline();
> @@
> > -1485,6 +1507,8 @@ static void __init spectre_v2_select_mitigation(void)
> >  	    mode == SPECTRE_V2_RETPOLINE)
> >  		spec_ctrl_disable_kernel_rrsba();
> >
> > +	spec_ctrl_setup_virtualized_msr();
> 
> I think this also needs to be called during secondary CPU initialization.

Yes, we need setup virtual MSRs for each CPU.
I will add the " spec_ctrl_setup_virtualized_msr()" to the "start_secondary()" in the arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c  next version.

Thanks
Chen





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