Re: [PATCH v4 16/20] KVM: x86/mmu: Extend make_huge_page_split_spte() for the shadow MMU

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On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 9:22 AM Sean Christopherson <seanjc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2022, David Matlack wrote:
> > Currently make_huge_page_split_spte() assumes execute permissions can be
> > granted to any 4K SPTE when splitting huge pages. This is true for the
> > TDP MMU but is not necessarily true for the shadow MMU, since KVM may be
> > shadowing a non-executable huge page.
> >
> > To fix this, pass in the child shadow page where the huge page will be
> > split and derive the execution permission from the shadow page's role.
> > This is correct because huge pages are always split with direct shadow
> > page and thus the shadow page role contains the correct access
> > permissions.
> >
> > No functional change intended.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c    | 13 +++++++------
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h    |  2 +-
> >  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c |  2 +-
> >  3 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> > index 4739b53c9734..9db98fbeee61 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> > @@ -215,10 +215,11 @@ static u64 make_spte_executable(u64 spte)
> >   * This is used during huge page splitting to build the SPTEs that make up the
> >   * new page table.
> >   */
> > -u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, int huge_level, int index)
> > +u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, int index)
>
> Rather than pass in @sp, what about passing in @role?  Then the need for
> exec_allowed and child_level goes away (for whatever reason I reacted to the
> "allowed" part of exec_allowed).

I like it! Will do.

>
> E.g.
>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c    | 11 +++++------
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h    |  3 ++-
>  arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c |  2 +-
>  3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> index 9db98fbeee61..1b766e381727 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.c
> @@ -215,10 +215,9 @@ static u64 make_spte_executable(u64 spte)
>   * This is used during huge page splitting to build the SPTEs that make up the
>   * new page table.
>   */
> -u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, int index)
> +u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, union kvm_mmu_page_role role,
> +                             int index)
>  {
> -       bool exec_allowed = sp->role.access & ACC_EXEC_MASK;
> -       int child_level = sp->role.level;
>         u64 child_spte;
>
>         if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_shadow_present_pte(huge_spte)))
> @@ -234,9 +233,9 @@ u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, int index)
>          * split. So we just have to OR in the offset to the page at the next
>          * lower level for the given index.
>          */
> -       child_spte |= (index * KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(child_level)) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +       child_spte |= (index * KVM_PAGES_PER_HPAGE(role.level)) << PAGE_SHIFT;
>
> -       if (child_level == PG_LEVEL_4K) {
> +       if (role.level == PG_LEVEL_4K) {
>                 child_spte &= ~PT_PAGE_SIZE_MASK;
>
>                 /*
> @@ -244,7 +243,7 @@ u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, int index)
>                  * the page executable as the NX hugepage mitigation no longer
>                  * applies.
>                  */
> -               if (exec_allowed && is_nx_huge_page_enabled())
> +               if ((role.access & ACC_EXEC_MASK) && is_nx_huge_page_enabled())
>                         child_spte = make_spte_executable(child_spte);
>         }
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> index 921ea77f1b5e..80d36d0d9def 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/spte.h
> @@ -415,7 +415,8 @@ bool make_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp,
>                unsigned int pte_access, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn,
>                u64 old_spte, bool prefetch, bool can_unsync,
>                bool host_writable, u64 *new_spte);
> -u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, struct kvm_mmu_page *sp, int index);
> +u64 make_huge_page_split_spte(u64 huge_spte, union kvm_mmu_page_role role,
> +                             int index);
>  u64 make_nonleaf_spte(u64 *child_pt, bool ad_disabled);
>  u64 make_mmio_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 gfn, unsigned int access);
>  u64 mark_spte_for_access_track(u64 spte);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> index 110a34ca41c2..c4c4bad69f38 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/tdp_mmu.c
> @@ -1469,7 +1469,7 @@ static int tdp_mmu_split_huge_page(struct kvm *kvm, struct tdp_iter *iter,
>          * not been linked in yet and thus is not reachable from any other CPU.
>          */
>         for (i = 0; i < PT64_ENT_PER_PAGE; i++)
> -               sp->spt[i] = make_huge_page_split_spte(huge_spte, sp, i);
> +               sp->spt[i] = make_huge_page_split_spte(huge_spte, sp->role, i);
>
>         /*
>          * Replace the huge spte with a pointer to the populated lower level
>
> base-commit: 721828e2397ab854b536de3ea10a9bc7962091a9
> --



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