[patch] x86/smpboot: Disable parallel bootup if cc_vendor != NONE

Tom Lendacky thomas.lendacky at amd.com
Tue May 30 13:03:40 PDT 2023


On 5/30/23 14:51, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Tue, May 30 2023 at 09:56, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> On Tue, May 30, 2023, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>> On Tue, May 30 2023 at 15:29, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>>>> On Tue, May 30, 2023 at 02:09:17PM +0200, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>>>>> The decision to allow parallel bringup of secondary CPUs checks
>>>>> CC_ATTR_GUEST_STATE_ENCRYPT to detect encrypted guests. Those cannot use
>>>>> parallel bootup because accessing the local APIC is intercepted and raises
>>>>> a #VC or #VE, which cannot be handled at that point.
>>>>>
>>>>> The check works correctly, but only for AMD encrypted guests. TDX does not
>>>>> set that flag.
>>>>>
>>>>> Check for cc_vendor != CC_VENDOR_NONE instead. That might be overbroad, but
>>>>> definitely works for both AMD and Intel.
>>>>
>>>> It boots fine with TDX, but I think it is wrong. cc_get_vendor() will
>>>> report CC_VENDOR_AMD even on bare metal if SME is enabled. I don't think
>>>> we want it.
>>>
>>> Right. Did not think about that.
>>>
>>> But the same way is CC_ATTR_GUEST_MEM_ENCRYPT overbroad for AMD. Only
>>> SEV-ES traps RDMSR if I'm understandig that maze correctly.
>>
>> Ya, regular SEV doesn't encrypt register state.
> 
> That aside. From a semantical POV making this decision about parallel
> bootup based on some magic CC encryption attribute is questionable.
> 
> I'm tending to just do the below and make this CC agnostic (except that
> I couldn't find the right spot for SEV-ES to clear that flag.)

Maybe in sme_sev_setup_real_mode() in arch/x86/realmode/init.c? You could 
clear the flag within the CC_ATTR_GUEST_STATE_ENCRYPT check.

Thanks,
Tom

> 
> Thanks,
> 
>          tglx
> ---
> --- a/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/coco/tdx/tdx.c
> @@ -871,5 +871,7 @@ void __init tdx_early_init(void)
>   	x86_platform.guest.enc_tlb_flush_required   = tdx_tlb_flush_required;
>   	x86_platform.guest.enc_status_change_finish = tdx_enc_status_changed;
>   
> +	x86_cpuinit.parallel_bringup = false;
> +
>   	pr_info("Guest detected\n");
>   }
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>   #ifndef _ASM_X86_PLATFORM_H
>   #define _ASM_X86_PLATFORM_H
>   
> +#include <linux/bits.h>
>   #include <asm/bootparam.h>
>   
>   struct ghcb;
> @@ -177,11 +178,14 @@ struct x86_init_ops {
>    * struct x86_cpuinit_ops - platform specific cpu hotplug setups
>    * @setup_percpu_clockev:	set up the per cpu clock event device
>    * @early_percpu_clock_init:	early init of the per cpu clock event device
> + * @fixup_cpu_id:		fixup function for cpuinfo_x86::phys_proc_id
> + * @parallel_bringup:		Parallel bringup control
>    */
>   struct x86_cpuinit_ops {
>   	void (*setup_percpu_clockev)(void);
>   	void (*early_percpu_clock_init)(void);
>   	void (*fixup_cpu_id)(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c, int node);
> +	bool parallel_bringup;
>   };
>   
>   struct timespec64;
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
> @@ -1287,6 +1287,11 @@ bool __init arch_cpuhp_init_parallel_bri
>   		return false;
>   	}
>   
> +	if (!x86_cpuinit.parallel_bringup) {
> +		pr_info("Parallel CPU startup disabled by the platform\n");
> +		return false;
> +	}
> +
>   	smpboot_control = STARTUP_READ_APICID;
>   	pr_debug("Parallel CPU startup enabled: 0x%08x\n", smpboot_control);
>   	return true;
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
> @@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct x86_init_ops x86_init __initdata
>   struct x86_cpuinit_ops x86_cpuinit = {
>   	.early_percpu_clock_init	= x86_init_noop,
>   	.setup_percpu_clockev		= setup_secondary_APIC_clock,
> +	.parallel_bringup		= true,
>   };
>   
>   static void default_nmi_init(void) { };



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