On 28/02/2024 3:41 pm, Sean Christopherson wrote:
Allow mapping KVM's internal memslots used for EPT without unrestricted
guest into L2, i.e. allow mapping the hidden TSS and the identity mapped
page tables into L2. Unlike the APIC access page, there is no correctness
issue with letting L2 access the "hidden" memory. Allowing these memslots
to be mapped into L2 fixes a largely theoretical bug where KVM could
incorrectly emulate subsequent _L1_ accesses as MMIO, and also ensures
consistent KVM behavior for L2.
If KVM is using TDP, but L1 is using shadow paging for L2, then routing
through kvm_handle_noslot_fault() will incorrectly cache the gfn as MMIO,
and create an MMIO SPTE. Creating an MMIO SPTE is ok, but only because
kvm_mmu_page_role.guest_mode ensure KVM uses different roots for L1 vs.
L2. But vcpu->arch.mmio_gfn will remain valid, and could cause KVM to
incorrectly treat an L1 access to the hidden TSS or identity mapped page
tables as MMIO.
Furthermore, forcing L2 accesses to be treated as "no slot" faults doesn't
actually prevent exposing KVM's internal memslots to L2, it simply forces
KVM to emulate the access. In most cases, that will trigger MMIO,
amusingly due to filling vcpu->arch.mmio_gfn, but also because
vcpu_is_mmio_gpa() unconditionally treats APIC accesses as MMIO, i.e. APIC
accesses are ok. But the hidden TSS and identity mapped page tables could
go either way (MMIO or access the private memslot's backing memory).
Alternatively, the inconsistent emulator behavior could be addressed by
forcing MMIO emulation for L2 access to all internal memslots, not just to
the APIC. But that's arguably less correct than letting L2 access the
hidden TSS and identity mapped page tables, not to mention that it's
*extremely* unlikely anyone cares what KVM does in this case. From L1's
perspective there is R/W memory at those memslots, the memory just happens
to be initialized with non-zero data. Making the memory disappear when it
is accessed by L2 is far more magical and arbitrary than the memory
existing in the first place.
The APIC access page is special because KVM _must_ emulate the access to
do the right thing (emulate an APIC access instead of reading/writing the
APIC access page). And despite what commit 3a2936dedd20 ("kvm: mmu: Don't
expose private memslots to L2") said, it's not just necessary when L1 is
accelerating L2's virtual APIC, it's just as important (likely *more*
imporant for correctness when L1 is passing through its own APIC to L
Reviewed-by: Kai Huang <kai.huang@xxxxxxxxx>
