[PATCH v4 09/10] RISC-V: KVM: Allow Smnpm and Ssnpm extensions for guests

Anup Patel anup at brainfault.org
Wed Sep 4 08:20:35 PDT 2024 

On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 8:27 PM Samuel Holland <samuel.holland at sifive.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Anup,
>
> On 2024-09-04 9:45 AM, Anup Patel wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 4, 2024 at 8:01 PM Samuel Holland <samuel.holland at sifive.com> wrote:
> >> On 2024-09-04 7:17 AM, Anup Patel wrote:
> >>> On Thu, Aug 29, 2024 at 6:32 AM Samuel Holland
> >>> <samuel.holland at sifive.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> The interface for controlling pointer masking in VS-mode is henvcfg.PMM,
> >>>> which is part of the Ssnpm extension, even though pointer masking in
> >>>> HS-mode is provided by the Smnpm extension. As a result, emulating Smnpm
> >>>> in the guest requires (only) Ssnpm on the host.
> >>>>
> >>>> Since the guest configures Smnpm through the SBI Firmware Features
> >>>> interface, the extension can be disabled by failing the SBI call. Ssnpm
> >>>> cannot be disabled without intercepting writes to the senvcfg CSR.
> >>>>
> >>>> Signed-off-by: Samuel Holland <samuel.holland at sifive.com>
> >>>> ---
> >>>>
> >>>> (no changes since v2)
> >>>>
> >>>> Changes in v2:
> >>>>  - New patch for v2
> >>>>
> >>>>  arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h | 2 ++
> >>>>  arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_onereg.c      | 3 +++
> >>>>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> >>>> index e97db3296456..4f24201376b1 100644
> >>>> --- a/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> >>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
> >>>> @@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ enum KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_ID {
> >>>>         KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZCF,
> >>>>         KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZCMOP,
> >>>>         KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_ZAWRS,
> >>>> +       KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SMNPM,
> >>>> +       KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSNPM,
> >>>>         KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_MAX,
> >>>>  };
> >>>>
> >>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_onereg.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_onereg.c
> >>>> index b319c4c13c54..6f833ec2344a 100644
> >>>> --- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_onereg.c
> >>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_onereg.c
> >>>> @@ -34,9 +34,11 @@ static const unsigned long kvm_isa_ext_arr[] = {
> >>>>         [KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_M] = RISCV_ISA_EXT_m,
> >>>>         [KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_V] = RISCV_ISA_EXT_v,
> >>>>         /* Multi letter extensions (alphabetically sorted) */
> >>>> +       [KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SMNPM] = RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSNPM,
> >>>
> >>> Why not use KVM_ISA_EXT_ARR() macro here ?
> >>
> >> Because the extension name in the host does not match the extension name in the
> >> guest. Pointer masking for HS mode is provided by Smnpm. Pointer masking for VS
> >> mode is provided by Ssnpm at the hardware level, but this needs to appear to the
> >> guest as if Smnpm was implemented, since the guest thinks it is running on bare
> >> metal.
> >
> > Okay, makes sense.
> >
> >>
> >>>>         KVM_ISA_EXT_ARR(SMSTATEEN),
> >>>>         KVM_ISA_EXT_ARR(SSAIA),
> >>>>         KVM_ISA_EXT_ARR(SSCOFPMF),
> >>>> +       KVM_ISA_EXT_ARR(SSNPM),
> >>>>         KVM_ISA_EXT_ARR(SSTC),
> >>>>         KVM_ISA_EXT_ARR(SVINVAL),
> >>>>         KVM_ISA_EXT_ARR(SVNAPOT),
> >>>> @@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ static bool kvm_riscv_vcpu_isa_disable_allowed(unsigned long ext)
> >>>>         case KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_M:
> >>>>         /* There is not architectural config bit to disable sscofpmf completely */
> >>>>         case KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSCOFPMF:
> >>>> +       case KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSNPM:
> >>>
> >>> Why not add KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SMNPM here ?
> >>>
> >>> Disabling Smnpm from KVM user space is very different from
> >>> disabling Smnpm from Guest using SBI FWFT extension.
> >>
> >> Until a successful SBI FWFT call to KVM to enable pointer masking for VS mode,
> >> the existence of Smnpm has no visible effect on the guest. So failing the SBI
> >> call is sufficient to pretend that the hardware does not support Smnpm.
> >>
> >>> The KVM user space should always add Smnpm in the
> >>> Guest ISA string whenever the Host ISA string has it.
> >>
> >> I disagree. Allowing userspace to disable extensions is useful for testing and
> >> to support migration to hosts which do not support those extensions. So I would
> >> only add extensions to this list if there is no possible way to disable them.
> >
> > I am not saying to disallow KVM user space disabling Smnpm.
>
> Then I'm confused. This is the "return false;" switch case inside
> kvm_riscv_vcpu_isa_disable_allowed(). If I add KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SMNPM here,
> then (unless I am misreading the code) I am disallowing KVM userspace from
> disabling Smnpm in the guest (i.e. preventing KVM userspace from removing Smnpm
> from the guest ISA string). If that is not desired, then why do you suggest I
> add KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SMNPM here?

Yes, adding KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SMNPM here means KVM
user space can't disable it using ONE_REG interface but KVM user
space can certainly not add it in the Guest ISA string.

>
> > The presence of Smnpm in ISA only means that it is present in HW
> > but it needs to be explicitly configured/enabled using SBI FWFT.
> >
> > KVM user space can certainly disable extensions by not adding it to
> > ISA string based on the KVMTOOL/QEMU-KVM command line option.
> > Additionally, when SBI FWFT is added to KVM RISC-V. It will have its
> > own way to explicitly disable firmware features from KVM user space.
>
> I think we agree on this, but your explanation here appears to conflict with
> your suggested code change. Apologies if I'm missing something.

I think the confusion is about what does it mean when Smnpm is present
in the ISA string. We have two approaches:

1) Presence of Smnpm in ISA string only means it is present in HW but
    says nothing about its enable/disable state. To configure/enable
    Smnpm, the supervisor must use SBI FWFT.

2) Presence of Smnpm in ISA string means it is present in HW and
    enabled at boot-time. To re-configure/disable Smnpm, the supervisor
    must use SBI FWFT.

I am suggesting approach #1 but I am guessing you are leaning towards
approach #2 ?

For approach #2, additional hencfg.PMM configuration is required in
this patch based on the state of KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SMNPM.

Regards,
Anup

>
> Regards,
> Samuel
>
> >>> The Guest must explicitly use SBI FWFT to enable
> >>> Smnpm only after it sees Smnpm in ISA string.
> >>
> >> Yes, exactly, and the purpose of not including Smnpm in the switch case here is
> >> so that KVM user space can control whether or not it appears in the ISA string.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Samuel
> >>
> >>>>         case KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SSTC:
> >>>>         case KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SVINVAL:
> >>>>         case KVM_RISCV_ISA_EXT_SVNAPOT:
> >>>> --
> >>>> 2.45.1
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Anup
> >>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Anup
>

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