Re: [PATCH v5 0/3] x86/sgx: fine grained SGX MCA behavior

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On Wed, Jun 22, 2022 at 05:37:02PM +0800, Zhiquan Li wrote:
> V4: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/20220608032654.1764936-1-zhiquan1.li@xxxxxxxxx/T/#t
> 
> Change since V4:
> - Switch the order of the two variables at patch 02 so all of variables
>   are in reverse Christmas style.
> - Do not initialize "ret" because it will be overridden by the return
>   value of force_sig_mceerr() unconditionally.
> - Add Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by from Cathy Zhang at patch 01.
> - Add Acked-by from Kai Huang at patch 01.
> 
> V3: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/41704e5d4c03b49fcda12e695595211d950cfb08.camel@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
> 
> Changes since V3:
> - Take the definition of EPC page flag SGX_EPC_PAGE_KVM_GUEST from
>   Cathy Zhang's third patch of SGX rebootless recovery patch set but
>   discard irrelevant portion, since it might need some time to
>   re-forge and these are two different features.
>   Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/41704e5d4c03b49fcda12e695595211d950cfb08.camel@xxxxxxxxxx/T/#m9782d23496cacecb7da07a67daa79f4b322ae170
> 
> V2: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/694234d7-6a0d-e85f-f2f9-e52b4a61e1ec@xxxxxxxxx/T/#t
> 
> Changes since V2:
> - Repurpose the owner field as the virtual address of virtual EPC page
> - Remove struct sgx_vepc_page and relevant code.
> - Remove patch 01 as the changes are not necessary in new design.
> - Rework patch 02 suggested by Jarkko.
> - Adapt patch 03 and 04 since struct sgx_vepc_page was discarded.
> - Replace EPC page flag SGX_EPC_PAGE_IS_VEPC with
>   SGX_EPC_PAGE_KVM_GUEST as they are duplicated.
>   Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/eb95b32ecf3d44a695610cf7f2816785@xxxxxxxxx/T/#u
> 
> V1: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-sgx/443cb425-009c-2784-56f4-5e707122de76@xxxxxxxxx/T/#t
> 
> Changes since V1:
> - Updated cover letter and commit messages, added valuable
>   information from Jarkko, Tony and Kai’s comments.
> - Added documentations for struct struct sgx_vepc and
>   struct sgx_vepc_page.
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> This series contains a few patches to fine grained SGX MCA behavior.
> 
> When VM guest access a SGX EPC page with memory failure, current
> behavior will kill the guest, expected only kill the SGX application
> inside it.
> 
> To fix it we send SIGBUS with code BUS_MCEERR_AR and some extra
> information for hypervisor to inject #MC information to guest, which
> is helpful in SGX virtualization case.
> 
> The rest of things are guest side. Currently the hypervisor like
> Qemu already has mature facility to convert HVA to GPA and inject #MC
> to the guest OS.
> 
> Then we extend the solution for the normal SGX case, so that the task
> has opportunity to make further decision while EPC page has memory
> failure.
> 
> However, when a page triggers a machine check, it only reports the PFN.
> But in order to inject #MC into hypervisor, the virtual address
> is required. Then repurpose the “owner” field as the virtual address of
> the virtual EPC page so that arch_memory_failure() can easily retrieve
> it.
> 
> Add a new EPC page flag - SGX_EPC_PAGE_KVM_GUEST to interpret the
> meaning of the field.
> 
> Suppose an enclave is shared by multiple processes, when an enclave
> page triggers a machine check, the enclave will be disabled so that
> it couldn't be entered again. Killing other processes with the same
> enclave mapped would perhaps be overkill, but they are going to find
> that the enclave is "dead" next time they try to use it. Thanks for
> Jarkko’s head up and Tony’s clarification on this point.
> 
> Our intension is to provide additional info so that the application has
> more choices. Current behavior looks gently, and we don’t want to
> change it.
> 
> If you expect the other processes to be informed in such case, then
> you’re looking for an MCA “early kill” feature which worth another
> patch set to implement it.
> 
> Unlike host enclaves, virtual EPC instance cannot be shared by multiple
> VMs. It is because how enclaves are created is totally up to the guest.
> Sharing virtual EPC instance will be very likely to unexpectedly break
> enclaves in all VMs.
> 
> SGX virtual EPC driver doesn't explicitly prevent virtual EPC instance
> being shared by multiple VMs via fork(). However KVM doesn't support
> running a VM across multiple mm structures, and the de facto userspace
> hypervisor (Qemu) doesn't use fork() to create a new VM, so in practice
> this should not happen.
> 
> This series is based on tip/x86/sgx.
> 
> Tests:
> 1. MCE injection test for SGX in VM.
>    As we expected, the application was killed and VM was alive.
> 2. MCE injection test for SGX on host.
>    As we expected, the application received SIGBUS with extra info.
> 3. Kernel selftest/sgx: PASS
> 4. Internal SGX stress test: PASS
> 5. kmemleak test: No memory leakage detected.
> 
> Much appreciate your feedback.
> 
> Best Regards,
> Zhiquan
> 
> Zhiquan Li (3):
>   x86/sgx: Repurpose the owner field as the virtual address of virtual
>     EPC page
>   x86/sgx: Fine grained SGX MCA behavior for virtualization
>   x86/sgx: Fine grained SGX MCA behavior for normal case
> 
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h  |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/virt.c |  4 +++-
>  3 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 

Reviewed-by: Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@xxxxxxxxxx>

BR, Jarkko



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