On Tue, 2022-01-18 at 09:57 -0800, Kristen Carlson Accardi wrote:
> SGX may allow EPC pages to be overcommitted. If the system is
> out of enclave memory, EPC pages are swapped to normal RAM via
> a per enclave shared memory area. This shared memory is not
> charged to the enclave or the task mapping it, making it hard
> to account for using normal methods.
>
> In order to avoid unlimited usage of normal RAM, enclaves must be
> charged for each new page used for backing storage, and uncharged
> when they are no longer using a backing page.
>
> Modify the existing flow for requesting backing pages to reduce the
> available backing page counter and confirm that the limit has not
> been exceeded. Backing page usage for loading EPC pages back out of
> the shared memory do not incur a charge.
>
> When a backing page is released from usage, increment the available
> backing page counter.
>
> When swapping EPC pages to RAM, in addition to storing the page
> contents, SGX must store some additional metadata to protect
> against a malicious kernel when the page is swapped back in. This
> additional metadata is called Paging Crypto MetaData. PCMD is
> allocated from the same shared memory area as the backing page
> contents and consumes RAM the same way.
>
> PCMD is 128 bytes in size, and there is one PCMD structure per
> page written to shared RAM. The page index for the PCMD page is
> calculatted from the page index of the backing page, so it is
> possible
> that the PCMD structures are not packed into the minimum number of
> pages possible. If 32 PCMDs can fit onto a single page, then PCMD
> usage is 1/32 of total EPC pages. In the worst case, PCMD can
> consume the same amount of RAM as EPC backing pages (1:1). For
> simplicity, this implementation does not account for PCMD page usage.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kristen Carlson Accardi <kristen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c | 76
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h | 6 ++-
> arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c | 6 +--
> 3 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> index 001808e3901c..8be6f0592bdc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ static int __sgx_encl_eldu(struct sgx_encl_page
> *encl_page,
> else
> page_index = PFN_DOWN(encl->size);
>
> - ret = sgx_encl_get_backing(encl, page_index, &b);
> + ret = sgx_encl_lookup_backing(encl, page_index, &b);
> if (ret)
> return ret;
>
> @@ -407,6 +407,12 @@ void sgx_encl_release(struct kref *ref)
> sgx_encl_free_epc_page(entry->epc_page);
> encl->secs_child_cnt--;
> entry->epc_page = NULL;
> + } else {
> + /*
> + * If there is no epc_page, it means it has
> been
> + * swapped out. Uncharge the backing storage.
> + */
> + sgx_uncharge_mem();
> }
>
> kfree(entry);
> @@ -574,8 +580,8 @@ static struct page
> *sgx_encl_get_backing_page(struct sgx_encl *encl,
> * 0 on success,
> * -errno otherwise.
> */
> -int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> - struct sgx_backing *backing)
> +static int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing)
> {
> pgoff_t pcmd_index = PFN_DOWN(encl->size) + 1 + (page_index
> >> 5);
> struct page *contents;
> @@ -601,6 +607,62 @@ int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl,
> unsigned long page_index,
> return 0;
> }
>
> +/**
> + * sgx_encl_alloc_backing() - allocate a new backing storage page
> + * @encl: an enclave pointer
> + * @page_index: enclave page index
> + * @backing: data for accessing backing storage for the page
> + *
> + * Confirm that the global overcommit limit has not been reached
> before
> + * requesting a new backing storage page for storing the encrypted
> contents
> + * and Paging Crypto MetaData (PCMD) of an enclave page. This is
> called when
> + * there is no existing backing page, just before writing to the
> backing
> + * storage with EWB.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * 0 on success,
> + * -errno otherwise.
> + */
> +int sgx_encl_alloc_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing)
> +{
> + int ret;
> +
> + if (sgx_charge_mem())
> + return -ENOMEM;
> +
> + ret = sgx_encl_get_backing(encl, page_index, backing);
> + if (ret)
> + sgx_uncharge_mem();
> +
> + return ret;
> +}
> +
> +/**
> + * sgx_encl_lookup_backing() - retrieve an existing backing storage
> page
> + * @encl: an enclave pointer
> + * @page_index: enclave page index
> + * @backing: data for accessing backing storage for the page
> + *
> + * Retrieve a backing page for loading data back into an EPC page
> with ELDU.
> + * This call does not cause a charge to the overcommit limit because
> a page
> + * has already been allocated, but has been swapped out or is in RAM
> + *
> + * It is the caller's responsibility to ensure that it is
> appropriate to
> + * use sgx_encl_lookup_backing() rather than
> sgx_encl_alloc_backing(). If
> + * lookup is not used correctly, this will cause an allocation that
> is
> + * not accounted for.
> + *
> + * Return:
> + * 0 on success,
> + * -errno otherwise.
> + */
> +int sgx_encl_lookup_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing)
> +{
> + return sgx_encl_get_backing(encl, page_index, backing);
> +}
> +
> /**
> * sgx_encl_put_backing() - Unpin the backing storage
> * @backing: data for accessing backing storage for the page
> @@ -608,9 +670,17 @@ int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl,
> unsigned long page_index,
> */
> void sgx_encl_put_backing(struct sgx_backing *backing, bool
> do_write)
> {
> + /*
> + * If the page is being written to by the reclaimer, it is
> + * still in use and the backing page usage should not be
> + * uncharged. However, if the page is not being written to,
> + * it is no longer in use and may be uncharged.
> + */
> if (do_write) {
> set_page_dirty(backing->pcmd);
> set_page_dirty(backing->contents);
> + } else {
> + sgx_uncharge_mem();
> }
>
> put_page(backing->pcmd);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> index fec43ca65065..8ffb8a83263f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.h
> @@ -105,8 +105,10 @@ int sgx_encl_may_map(struct sgx_encl *encl,
> unsigned long start,
>
> void sgx_encl_release(struct kref *ref);
> int sgx_encl_mm_add(struct sgx_encl *encl, struct mm_struct *mm);
> -int sgx_encl_get_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> - struct sgx_backing *backing);
> +int sgx_encl_alloc_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing);
> +int sgx_encl_lookup_backing(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long
> page_index,
> + struct sgx_backing *backing);
> void sgx_encl_put_backing(struct sgx_backing *backing, bool
> do_write);
> int sgx_encl_test_and_clear_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
> struct sgx_encl_page *page);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> index 261e3702aef9..990f341bbd30 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> @@ -347,8 +347,8 @@ static void sgx_reclaimer_write(struct
> sgx_epc_page *epc_page,
> encl->secs_child_cnt--;
>
> if (!encl->secs_child_cnt && test_bit(SGX_ENCL_INITIALIZED,
> &encl->flags)) {
> - ret = sgx_encl_get_backing(encl, PFN_DOWN(encl-
> >size),
> - &secs_backing);
> + ret = sgx_encl_alloc_backing(encl, PFN_DOWN(encl-
> >size),
> + &secs_backing);
> if (ret)
> goto out;
>
> @@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ static void sgx_reclaim_pages(void)
> goto skip;
>
> page_index = PFN_DOWN(encl_page->desc - encl_page-
> >encl->base);
> - ret = sgx_encl_get_backing(encl_page->encl,
> page_index, &backing[i]);
> + ret = sgx_encl_alloc_backing(encl_page->encl,
> page_index, &backing[i]);
> if (ret)
> goto skip;
>
Wrappers make sense to do extra checks so:
Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>
BR, Jarkko
