[PATCH v3 1/2] KVM: arm64: Allow userspace to change ID_AA64PFR1_EL1

[Marc Zyngier]

On Fri, 28 Jun 2024 07:04:51 +0100,
Shaoqin Huang <shahuang at redhat.com> wrote:
> 
> Allow userspace to change the guest-visible value of the register with
> some severe limitation:
> 
>   - No changes to features not virtualized by KVM (MPAM_frac, RAS_frac,
>     SME, RNDP_trap).
> 
>   - No changes to features (CSV2_frac, NMI, MTE_frac, GCS, THE, MTEX,
>     DF2, PFAR) which haven't been added into the ftr_id_aa64pfr1[].
>     Because the struct arm64_ftr_bits definition for each feature in the
>     ftr_id_aa64pfr1[] is used by arm64_check_features. If they're not
>     existing in the ftr_id_aa64pfr1[], the for loop won't check the if
>     the new_val is safe for those features.
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

This is getting very tiring:

- this isn't a valid patch, as it doesn't carry a proper SoB. You did
  it last time, I pointed it out, and you ignored me.

- this is *wrong*. The moment the kernel publishes any of the fields
  you have decided to ignore, the restoring of a VM on a new kernel
  will fail if the host and the VM have different values.

>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> index 22b45a15d068..159cded22357 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
> @@ -2306,7 +2306,9 @@ static const struct sys_reg_desc sys_reg_descs[] = {
>  		   ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_GIC |
>  		   ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_AdvSIMD |
>  		   ID_AA64PFR0_EL1_FP), },
> -	ID_SANITISED(ID_AA64PFR1_EL1),
> +	ID_WRITABLE(ID_AA64PFR1_EL1, ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_MTE |

Why? If the VM has been created with MTE support, this must be obeyed.

> +				     ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_SSBS |
> +				     ID_AA64PFR1_EL1_BT),
>  	ID_UNALLOCATED(4,2),
>  	ID_UNALLOCATED(4,3),
>  	ID_WRITABLE(ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1, ~ID_AA64ZFR0_EL1_RES0),

So let me be very blunt:

- you *must* handle *all* the fields described in that register. There
  are 15 valid fields there, and I want to see all 15 fields being
  explicitly dealt with.

- fields that can be changed without ill effect must be enabled for
  write, irrespective of what the cpufeature code does (CSV2_frac, for
  example).

- fields that have a fixed value because KVM doesn't handle the
  corresponding feature must be explicitly disabled in the register
  accessor (MPAM, RNDR, MTEX, THE...). Just like we do for SME.

- fields that correspond to a feature that is controlled by an
  internal flag (MTE) must not be writable. Just like we do for PAuth
  in ID_AA64ISAR1_EL1.

- you *must* handle *all* the fields described in that register.

Until I see all of the above, I will not take this patch. If you don't
want to do this, that's absolutely fine by me. Just don't post another
patch. But if you do, this is the deal.

	M.

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