Re: [PATCH 1/4] x86/sgx: Track phase and type of SGX EPC pages

[Jarkko Sakkinen <jarkko@kernel.org>]

On Thu, Jul 08, 2021 at 11:14:20AM -0700, Tony Luck wrote:
> Memory errors can be reported either synchronously as memory is accessed,
> or asynchronously by speculative access or by a memory controller page
> scrubber.  The life cycle of an EPC page takes it through:
> 	dirty -> free -> in-use -> free.
> 
> Memory errors are reported using physical addresses. It is a simple
> matter to find which sgx_epc_page structure maps a given address.
> But then recovery code needs to be able to determine the current use of
> the page to take the appropriate recovery action. Within the "in-use"
> phase different actions are needed based on how the page is used in
> the enclave.
> 
> Add new flags bits to describe the phase (with an extra bit for the new
> phase of "poisoned"). Drop pages marked as poisoned instead of adding
> them to a free list to make sure they are not re-used.
> 
> Add a type field to struct epc_page for how an in-use page has been
> allocated. Re-use "enum sgx_page_type" for this type, with a couple
> of additions for s/w types.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/sgx.h      |  6 ++++++
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c  |  4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c |  4 ++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c  | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/sgx.h   | 14 ++++++++++++--
>  arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/virt.c  |  2 +-
>  6 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sgx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sgx.h
> index 9c31e0ebc55b..9619a6d77a83 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sgx.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sgx.h
> @@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ struct sgx_pageinfo {
>   * %SGX_PAGE_TYPE_REG:	a regular page
>   * %SGX_PAGE_TYPE_VA:	a VA page
>   * %SGX_PAGE_TYPE_TRIM:	a page in trimmed state
> + *
> + * Also used to track current use of &struct sgx_epc_page
>   */
>  enum sgx_page_type {
>  	SGX_PAGE_TYPE_SECS,
> @@ -223,6 +225,10 @@ enum sgx_page_type {
>  	SGX_PAGE_TYPE_REG,
>  	SGX_PAGE_TYPE_VA,
>  	SGX_PAGE_TYPE_TRIM,
> +
> +	/* sgx_epc_page.type */
> +	SGX_PAGE_TYPE_FREE = 100,
> +	SGX_PAGE_TYPE_KVM = 101,
>  };
>  
>  #define SGX_NR_PAGE_TYPES	5
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> index 3be203297988..abf6e1a704c0 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/encl.c
> @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static struct sgx_epc_page *sgx_encl_eldu(struct sgx_encl_page *encl_page,
>  	struct sgx_epc_page *epc_page;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	epc_page = sgx_alloc_epc_page(encl_page, false);
> +	epc_page = sgx_alloc_epc_page(encl_page, SGX_PAGE_TYPE_REG, false);
>  	if (IS_ERR(epc_page))
>  		return epc_page;
>  
> @@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ struct sgx_epc_page *sgx_alloc_va_page(void)
>  	struct sgx_epc_page *epc_page;
>  	int ret;
>  
> -	epc_page = sgx_alloc_epc_page(NULL, true);
> +	epc_page = sgx_alloc_epc_page(NULL,  SGX_PAGE_TYPE_VA, true);
>  	if (IS_ERR(epc_page))
>  		return ERR_CAST(epc_page);
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c
> index 83df20e3e633..a74ae00194cc 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/ioctl.c
> @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static int sgx_encl_create(struct sgx_encl *encl, struct sgx_secs *secs)
>  
>  	encl->backing = backing;
>  
> -	secs_epc = sgx_alloc_epc_page(&encl->secs, true);
> +	secs_epc = sgx_alloc_epc_page(&encl->secs, SGX_PAGE_TYPE_SECS, true);
>  	if (IS_ERR(secs_epc)) {
>  		ret = PTR_ERR(secs_epc);
>  		goto err_out_backing;
> @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static int sgx_encl_add_page(struct sgx_encl *encl, unsigned long src,
>  	if (IS_ERR(encl_page))
>  		return PTR_ERR(encl_page);
>  
> -	epc_page = sgx_alloc_epc_page(encl_page, true);
> +	epc_page = sgx_alloc_epc_page(encl_page, SGX_PAGE_TYPE_REG, true);
>  	if (IS_ERR(epc_page)) {
>  		kfree(encl_page);
>  		return PTR_ERR(epc_page);
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> index 63d3de02bbcc..643df87b3e01 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/sgx/main.c
> @@ -401,7 +401,12 @@ static void sgx_reclaim_pages(void)
>  		section = &sgx_epc_sections[epc_page->section];
>  		node = section->node;
>  
> +		/* drop poison pages instead of adding to free list */
> +		if (epc_page->flags & SGX_EPC_PAGE_POISON)
> +			continue;
> +
>  		spin_lock(&node->lock);
> +		epc_page->flags = SGX_EPC_PAGE_FREE;
>  		list_add_tail(&epc_page->list, &node->free_page_list);
>  		sgx_nr_free_pages++;
>  		spin_unlock(&node->lock);
> @@ -560,6 +565,7 @@ int sgx_unmark_page_reclaimable(struct sgx_epc_page *page)
>  /**
>   * sgx_alloc_epc_page() - Allocate an EPC page
>   * @owner:	the owner of the EPC page
> + * @type:	type of page being allocated
>   * @reclaim:	reclaim pages if necessary
>   *
>   * Iterate through EPC sections and borrow a free EPC page to the caller. When a
> @@ -574,7 +580,7 @@ int sgx_unmark_page_reclaimable(struct sgx_epc_page *page)
>   *   an EPC page,
>   *   -errno on error
>   */
> -struct sgx_epc_page *sgx_alloc_epc_page(void *owner, bool reclaim)
> +struct sgx_epc_page *sgx_alloc_epc_page(void *owner, enum sgx_page_type type, bool reclaim)
>  {
>  	struct sgx_epc_page *page;
>  
> @@ -582,6 +588,8 @@ struct sgx_epc_page *sgx_alloc_epc_page(void *owner, bool reclaim)
>  		page = __sgx_alloc_epc_page();
>  		if (!IS_ERR(page)) {
>  			page->owner = owner;
> +			page->type = type;
> +			page->flags = 0;
>  			break;
>  		}
>  
> @@ -616,14 +624,22 @@ struct sgx_epc_page *sgx_alloc_epc_page(void *owner, bool reclaim)
>   * responsibility to make sure that the page is in uninitialized state. In other
>   * words, do EREMOVE, EWB or whatever operation is necessary before calling
>   * this function.
> + *
> + * Note that if the page has been tagged as poisoned, it is simply
> + * dropped on the floor instead of added to the free list to make
> + * sure we do not re-use it.
>   */
>  void sgx_free_epc_page(struct sgx_epc_page *page)
>  {
>  	struct sgx_epc_section *section = &sgx_epc_sections[page->section];
>  	struct sgx_numa_node *node = section->node;
>  
> +	if (page->flags & SGX_EPC_PAGE_POISON)
> +		return;

I tend to think that it would be nice to collect them somewhere instead
purposely leaking. E.g. this gives possibility to examine list with
debugging tools.

/Jarkko