[PATCH v5 36/69] KVM: arm64: nv: Filter out unsupported features from ID regs

Ganapatrao Kulkarni gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com
Fri Jan 21 03:33:30 PST 2022


Hi Marc,

On 21-12-2021 02:40 pm, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2021 06:03:49 +0000,
> Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 20-12-2021 03:26 pm, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>> On Mon, 20 Dec 2021 07:26:50 +0000,
>>> Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gankulkarni at os.amperecomputing.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Marc,
>>>>
>>>> On 30-11-2021 01:31 am, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>>>> As there is a number of features that we either can't support,
>>>>> or don't want to support right away with NV, let's add some
>>>>> basic filtering so that we don't advertize silly things to the
>>>>> EL2 guest.
>>>>>
>>>>> Whilst we are at it, avertize ARMv8.4-TTL as well as ARMv8.5-GTG.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <maz at kernel.org>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>     arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h |   6 ++
>>>>>     arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c             | 152 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>     arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c           |   4 +-
>>>>>     arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.h           |   2 +
>>>>>     4 files changed, 163 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h
>>>>> index 07c15f51cf86..026ddaad972c 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_nested.h
>>>>> @@ -67,4 +67,10 @@ extern bool __forward_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int reg,
>>>>>     extern bool forward_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 control_bit);
>>>>>     extern bool forward_nv_traps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
>>>>>     +struct sys_reg_params;
>>>>> +struct sys_reg_desc;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +void access_nested_id_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *v, struct sys_reg_params *p,
>>>>> +			  const struct sys_reg_desc *r);
>>>>> +
>>>>>     #endif /* __ARM64_KVM_NESTED_H */
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>>>> index 42a96c8d2adc..19b674983e13 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
>>>>> @@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
>>>>>     #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
>>>>>       #include <asm/kvm_emulate.h>
>>>>> +#include <asm/kvm_nested.h>
>>>>> +#include <asm/sysreg.h>
>>>>> +
>>>>> +#include "sys_regs.h"
>>>>>       /*
>>>>>      * Inject wfx to the virtual EL2 if this is not from the virtual EL2 and
>>>>> @@ -38,3 +42,151 @@ int handle_wfx_nested(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool is_wfe)
>>>>>       	return -EINVAL;
>>>>>     }
>>>>> +
>>>>> +/*
>>>>> + * Our emulated CPU doesn't support all the possible features. For the
>>>>> + * sake of simplicity (and probably mental sanity), wipe out a number
>>>>> + * of feature bits we don't intend to support for the time being.
>>>>> + * This list should get updated as new features get added to the NV
>>>>> + * support, and new extension to the architecture.
>>>>> + */
>>>>> +void access_nested_id_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *v, struct sys_reg_params *p,
>>>>> +			  const struct sys_reg_desc *r)
>>>>> +{
>>>>> +	u32 id = sys_reg((u32)r->Op0, (u32)r->Op1,
>>>>> +			 (u32)r->CRn, (u32)r->CRm, (u32)r->Op2);
>>>>> +	u64 val, tmp;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	if (!nested_virt_in_use(v))
>>>>> +		return;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	val = p->regval;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	switch (id) {
>>>>> +	case SYS_ID_AA64ISAR0_EL1:
>>>>> +		/* Support everything but O.S. and Range TLBIs */
>>>>> +		val &= ~(FEATURE(ID_AA64ISAR0_TLB)	|
>>>>> +			 GENMASK_ULL(27, 24)		|
>>>>> +			 GENMASK_ULL(3, 0));
>>>>> +		break;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	case SYS_ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1:
>>>>> +		/* Support everything but PtrAuth and Spec Invalidation */
>>>>> +		val &= ~(GENMASK_ULL(63, 56)		|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64ISAR1_SPECRES)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64ISAR1_GPI)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64ISAR1_GPA)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64ISAR1_API)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64ISAR1_APA));
>>>>> +		break;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	case SYS_ID_AA64PFR0_EL1:
>>>>> +		/* No AMU, MPAM, S-EL2, RAS or SVE */
>>>>> +		val &= ~(GENMASK_ULL(55, 52)		|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_AMU)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_MPAM)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_SEL2)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_RAS)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_SVE)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_EL3)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_EL2));
>>>>> +		/* 64bit EL2/EL3 only */
>>>>> +		val |= FIELD_PREP(FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_EL2), 0b0001);
>>>>> +		val |= FIELD_PREP(FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR0_EL3), 0b0001);
>>>>> +		break;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	case SYS_ID_AA64PFR1_EL1:
>>>>> +		/* Only support SSBS */
>>>>> +		val &= FEATURE(ID_AA64PFR1_SSBS);
>>>>> +		break;
>>>>> +
>>>>> +	case SYS_ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1:
>>>>> +		/* Hide ECV, FGT, ExS, Secure Memory */
>>>>> +		val &= ~(GENMASK_ULL(63, 43)			|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN4_2)		|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN16_2)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN64_2)	|
>>>>> +			 FEATURE(ID_AA64MMFR0_SNSMEM));
>>>>> +
>>>>> +		/* Disallow unsupported S2 page sizes */
>>>>> +		switch (PAGE_SIZE) {
>>>>> +		case SZ_64K:
>>>>> +			val |= FIELD_PREP(FEATURE(ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN16_2), 0b0001);
>>>>> +			fallthrough;
>>>>> +		case SZ_16K:
>>>>> +			val |= FIELD_PREP(FEATURE(ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN4_2), 0b0001);
>>>>> +			fallthrough;
>>>>> +		case SZ_4K:
>>>>> +			/* Support everything */
>>>>> +			break;
>>>>> +		}
>>>>
>>>> It seems to me that Host hypervisor(L0) has to boot with 4KB page size
>>>> to support all (4, 16 and 64KB) page sizes at L1, any specific reason
>>>> for this restriction?
>>>
>>> Well, yes.
>>>
>>> If you have a L0 that has booted with (let's say) 64kB page size, how
>>> do you provide S2 mappings with 4kB granularity so that you can
>>> implement the permissions that a L1 guest hypervisor can impose on its
>>> own guest, given that KVM currently mandates S1 and S2 to use the same
>>> page sizes?
>>>
>>> You can't. That's why we tell the guest hypervisor how much we
>>> support, and the guest hypervisor can decide to go ahead or not
>>> depending on what it does.
>>>
>>> If one day we can support S2 mappings that are smaller than the host
>>> page sizes, then we'll be able to allow to advertise all page sizes.
>>> But I wouldn't hold my breath for this to happen.
>>
>> Thanks for the detailed explanation!.
>> Can we put one line comment that explains why this manipulation?
>> It would be helpful to see a comment like S2 PAGE_SIZE should be
>> at-least the size of Host PAGE_SIZE?
> 
> Can do, but we need to get the terminology straight, because this is
> very quickly becoming confusing. Something like:
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
> index 7c9dd1edf011..d35a947f5679 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/nested.c
> @@ -850,7 +850,12 @@ void access_nested_id_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *v, struct sys_reg_params *p,
>   			/* Support everything */
>   			break;
>   		}
> -		/* Advertize supported S2 page sizes */
> +		/*
> +		 * Since we can't support a guest S2 page size smaller than
> +		 * the host's own page size (due to KVM only populating its
> +		 * own S2 using the kernel's page size), advertise the
> +		 * limitation using FEAT_GTG.
> +		 */

I have tried booting L0 with 4K page-size and L1 with 64K and with this 
config the L2/NestedVM boot hangs. I have tried L2 with page-sizes 4K 
and 64K(though S1 page size of L2 should not matter?).


>   		switch (PAGE_SIZE) {
>   		case SZ_4K:
>   			val |= FIELD_PREP(FEATURE(ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN4_2), 0b0010);
> 
> So not quite a one line comment! ;-)
> 
> Ultimately, all there is to know is in the description of FEAT_GTG in
> the ARMv8 ARM.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	M.
> 

Thanks,
Ganapat



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