Re: [PATCH 20/30] KVM: TDX: create/destroy VM structure

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 04:55:18PM -0800, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> TL;DR: Please don't merge this patch to kvm/next or kvm/queue.
> 
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2025, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> > @@ -72,8 +94,10 @@ struct kvm_x86_ops vt_x86_ops __initdata = {
> >  	.has_emulated_msr = vmx_has_emulated_msr,
> >  
> >  	.vm_size = sizeof(struct kvm_vmx),
> > -	.vm_init = vmx_vm_init,
> > -	.vm_destroy = vmx_vm_destroy,
> > +
> > +	.vm_init = vt_vm_init,
> > +	.vm_destroy = vt_vm_destroy,
> > +	.vm_free = vt_vm_free,
> >  
> >  	.vcpu_precreate = vmx_vcpu_precreate,
> >  	.vcpu_create = vmx_vcpu_create,
> 
> ...
> 
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > index 374d89e6663f..e0b9b845df58 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> > @@ -12884,6 +12884,7 @@ void kvm_arch_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> >  	kvm_page_track_cleanup(kvm);
> >  	kvm_xen_destroy_vm(kvm);
> >  	kvm_hv_destroy_vm(kvm);
> > +	static_call_cond(kvm_x86_vm_free)(kvm);
> >  }
> 
> Sorry to throw a wrench in things, but I have a fix that I want to send for 6.14[1],
> i.e. before this code, and to land that fix I need/want to destroy vCPUs before
> calling kvm_x86_ops.vm_destroy().  *sigh*
> 
> The underlying issue is that both nVMX and nSVM suck and access all manner of VM-wide
> state when destroying a vCPU that is currently in nested guest mode, and I want
> to fix the most pressing issue of destroying vCPUs at a random time once and for
> all.  nVMX and nSVM also need to be cleaned up to not access so much darn state,
> but I'm worried that "fixing" the nested cases will only whack the biggest mole.
> 
> Commit 6fcee03df6a1 ("KVM: x86: avoid loading a vCPU after .vm_destroy was called")
> papered over an AVIC case, but there are issues, e.g. with the MSR filters[2],
> and the NULL pointer deref that's blocking the aforementioned fix is a nVMX access
> to the PIC.
> 
> I haven't fully tested destroying vCPUs before calling vm_destroy(), but I can't
> see anything in vmx_vm_destroy() or svm_vm_destroy() that expects to run while
> vCPUs are still alive.  If anything, it's opposite, e.g. freeing VMX's IPIv PID
> table before vCPUs are destroyed is blatantly unsafe.
Is it possible to simply move the code like freeing PID table from
vmx_vm_destroy() to static_call_cond(kvm_x86_vm_free)(kvm) ?

> 
> The good news is, I think it'll lead to a better approach (and naming).  KVM already
> frees MMU state before vCPU state, because while MMUs are largely VM-scoped, all
> of the common MMU state needs to be freed before any one vCPU is freed.
> 
> And so my plan is to carved out a kvm_destroy_mmus() helper, which can then call
> the TDX hook to release/reclaim the HKID, which I assume needs to be done after
> KVM's general MMU destruction, but before vCPUs are freed.
> 
> I'll make sure to Cc y'all on the series (typing and testing furiously to try and
> get it out asap).  But to try and avoid posting code that's not usable for TDX,
> will this work?
> 
> static void kvm_destroy_mmus(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
> 	unsigned long i;
> 
> 	if (current->mm == kvm->mm) {
> 		/*
> 		 * Free memory regions allocated on behalf of userspace,
> 		 * unless the memory map has changed due to process exit
> 		 * or fd copying.
> 		 */
> 		mutex_lock(&kvm->slots_lock);
> 		__x86_set_memory_region(kvm, APIC_ACCESS_PAGE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT,
> 					0, 0);
> 		__x86_set_memory_region(kvm, IDENTITY_PAGETABLE_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT,
> 					0, 0);
> 		__x86_set_memory_region(kvm, TSS_PRIVATE_MEMSLOT, 0, 0);
> 		mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
> 	}
> 
> 	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
> 		kvm_clear_async_pf_completion_queue(vcpu);
> 		kvm_unload_vcpu_mmu(vcpu);
> 	}
> 
> 	kvm_x86_call(mmu_destroy)(kvm);
I suppose this will hook tdx_mmu_release_hkid() ?

> }
> 
> void kvm_arch_pre_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> 	kvm_mmu_pre_destroy_vm(kvm);
> }
> 
> void kvm_arch_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
> {
> 	/*
> 	 * WARNING!  MMUs must be destroyed before vCPUs, and vCPUs must be
> 	 * destroyed before any VM state.  Most MMU state is VM-wide, but is
> 	 * tracked per-vCPU, and so must be unloaded/freed in its entirety
> 	 * before any one vCPU is destroyed.  For all other VM state, vCPUs
> 	 * expect to be able to access VM state until the vCPU is freed.
> 	 */
> 	kvm_destroy_mmus(kvm);
> 	kvm_destroy_vcpus(kvm);
> 	kvm_x86_call(vm_destroy)(kvm);
> 
> 	...
> }
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Z66RC673dzlq2YuA@xxxxxxxxxx
> [2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240703175618.2304869-2-aaronlewis@xxxxxxxxxx




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