Re: [RFC PATCH v6 75/92] kvm: x86: disable gpa_available optimization in emulator_read_write_onepage()

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On 09/08/19 18:00, Adalbert Lazăr wrote:
> If the EPT violation was caused by an execute restriction imposed by the
> introspection tool, gpa_available will point to the instruction pointer,
> not the to the read/write location that has to be used to emulate the
> current instruction.
> 
> This optimization should be disabled only when the VM is introspected,
> not just because the introspection subsystem is present.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adalbert Lazăr <alazar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The right thing to do is to not set gpa_available for fetch failures in 
kvm_mmu_page_fault instead:

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 24843cf49579..1bdca40fa831 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -5364,8 +5364,12 @@ int kvm_mmu_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gva_t cr2, u64 error_code,
 	enum emulation_result er;
 	bool direct = vcpu->arch.mmu->direct_map;
 
-	/* With shadow page tables, fault_address contains a GVA or nGPA.  */
-	if (vcpu->arch.mmu->direct_map) {
+	/*
+	 * With shadow page tables, fault_address contains a GVA or nGPA.
+	 * On a fetch fault, fault_address contains the instruction pointer.
+	 */
+	if (vcpu->arch.mmu->direct_map &&
+	    likely(!(error_code & PFERR_FETCH_MASK)) {
 		vcpu->arch.gpa_available = true;
 		vcpu->arch.gpa_val = cr2;
 	}


Paolo

> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 965c4f0108eb..3975331230b9 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -5532,7 +5532,7 @@ static int emulator_read_write_onepage(unsigned long addr, void *val,
>  	 * operation using rep will only have the initial GPA from the NPF
>  	 * occurred.
>  	 */
> -	if (vcpu->arch.gpa_available &&
> +	if (vcpu->arch.gpa_available && !kvmi_is_present() &&
>  	    emulator_can_use_gpa(ctxt) &&
>  	    (addr & ~PAGE_MASK) == (vcpu->arch.gpa_val & ~PAGE_MASK)) {
>  		gpa = vcpu->arch.gpa_val;
> 

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