[PATCH] target/i386: relax assert when old host kernels don't include msrs

[PATCH] target/i386: relax assert when old host kernels don't include msrs

[Catherine Ho]

Commit 20a78b02d315 ("target/i386: add VMX features") unconditionally
add vmx msr entry although older host kernels don't include them.

But old host kernel + newest qemu will cause a qemu crash as follows:
qemu-system-x86_64: error: failed to set MSR 0x480 to 0x0
target/i386/kvm.c:2932: kvm_put_msrs: Assertion `ret ==
cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs' failed.

This fixes it by relaxing the condition.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Catherine Ho <catherine.hecx@gmail.com>
---
 target/i386/kvm.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index bf16556..a8c44bf 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -2936,7 +2936,7 @@ static int kvm_put_msrs(X86CPU *cpu, int level)
                      (uint32_t)e->index, (uint64_t)e->data);
     }
 
-    assert(ret == cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs);
+    assert(ret <= cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs);
     return 0;
 }
 
-- 
1.7.1

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: relax assert when old host kernels don't include msrs

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 04/12/19 09:50, Catherine Ho wrote:
> Commit 20a78b02d315 ("target/i386: add VMX features") unconditionally
> add vmx msr entry although older host kernels don't include them.
> 
> But old host kernel + newest qemu will cause a qemu crash as follows:
> qemu-system-x86_64: error: failed to set MSR 0x480 to 0x0
> target/i386/kvm.c:2932: kvm_put_msrs: Assertion `ret ==
> cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs' failed.
> 
> This fixes it by relaxing the condition.

This is intentional.  The VMX MSR entries should not have been added.
What combination of host kernel/QEMU are you using, and what QEMU
command line?

Paolo

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: relax assert when old host kernels don't include msrs

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 04/12/19 14:33, Catherine Ho wrote:
> Hi Paolo
> [sorry to resend it, seems to reply it incorrectly]
> 
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 19:23, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com
> <mailto:pbonzini@redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 04/12/19 09:50, Catherine Ho wrote:
>     > Commit 20a78b02d315 ("target/i386: add VMX features") unconditionally
>     > add vmx msr entry although older host kernels don't include them.
>     >
>     > But old host kernel + newest qemu will cause a qemu crash as follows:
>     > qemu-system-x86_64: error: failed to set MSR 0x480 to 0x0
>     > target/i386/kvm.c:2932: kvm_put_msrs: Assertion `ret ==
>     > cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs' failed.
>     >
>     > This fixes it by relaxing the condition.
> 
>     This is intentional.  The VMX MSR entries should not have been added.
>     What combination of host kernel/QEMU are you using, and what QEMU
>     command line?
> 
> 
> Host kernel: 4.15.0 (ubuntu 18.04)
> Qemu: https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/qemu/tree/virtio-fs-dev
> cmdline: qemu-system-x86_64 -M pc -cpu host --enable-kvm -smp 8 \
>                   -m 4G,maxmem=4G
> 
> But before 20a78b02d315, the older kernel + latest qemu can boot guest
> successfully.

Ok, so the problem is that some MSR didn't exist in that version.  Which
one it is?  Can you make it conditional, similar to MSR_IA32_VMX_VMFUNC?

Thanks,

Paolo

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: relax assert when old host kernels don't include msrs

[Catherine Ho]

Hi Paolo


On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 21:53, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On 04/12/19 14:33, Catherine Ho wrote:
> > Hi Paolo
> > [sorry to resend it, seems to reply it incorrectly]
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 19:23, Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com
> > <mailto:pbonzini@redhat.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 04/12/19 09:50, Catherine Ho wrote:
> >     > Commit 20a78b02d315 ("target/i386: add VMX features") unconditionally
> >     > add vmx msr entry although older host kernels don't include them.
> >     >
> >     > But old host kernel + newest qemu will cause a qemu crash as follows:
> >     > qemu-system-x86_64: error: failed to set MSR 0x480 to 0x0
> >     > target/i386/kvm.c:2932: kvm_put_msrs: Assertion `ret ==
> >     > cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs' failed.
> >     >
> >     > This fixes it by relaxing the condition.
> >
> >     This is intentional.  The VMX MSR entries should not have been added.
> >     What combination of host kernel/QEMU are you using, and what QEMU
> >     command line?
> >
> >
> > Host kernel: 4.15.0 (ubuntu 18.04)
> > Qemu: https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/qemu/tree/virtio-fs-dev
> > cmdline: qemu-system-x86_64 -M pc -cpu host --enable-kvm -smp 8 \
> >                   -m 4G,maxmem=4G
> >
> > But before 20a78b02d315, the older kernel + latest qemu can boot guest
> > successfully.
>
> Ok, so the problem is that some MSR didn't exist in that version.  Which
I thought in my platform, the only MSR didn't exist is MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC
(0x480). If I remove this kvm_msr_entry_add(), everything is ok, the guest can
be boot up successfully.

> one it is?  Can you make it conditional, similar to MSR_IA32_VMX_VMFUNC?
Ok, I will. Thanks for the suggestion

Best regards
Catherine

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: relax assert when old host kernels don't include msrs

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 04/12/19 16:07, Catherine Ho wrote:
>> Ok, so the problem is that some MSR didn't exist in that version.  Which
> I thought in my platform, the only MSR didn't exist is MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC
> (0x480). If I remove this kvm_msr_entry_add(), everything is ok, the guest can
> be boot up successfully.
> 

MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC was added in kvm-4.10.  Maybe the issue is the
_value_ that is being written to the VM is not valid?  Can you check
what's happening in vmx_restore_vmx_basic?

Paolo

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: relax assert when old host kernels don't include msrs

[Eduardo Habkost]

On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 04:34:45PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> On 04/12/19 16:07, Catherine Ho wrote:
> >> Ok, so the problem is that some MSR didn't exist in that version.  Which
> > I thought in my platform, the only MSR didn't exist is MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC
> > (0x480). If I remove this kvm_msr_entry_add(), everything is ok, the guest can
> > be boot up successfully.
> > 
> 
> MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC was added in kvm-4.10.  Maybe the issue is the
> _value_ that is being written to the VM is not valid?  Can you check
> what's happening in vmx_restore_vmx_basic?

I believe env->features[FEAT_VMX_BASIC] will be initialized to 0
if the host kernel doesn't have KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES.

-- 
Eduardo

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: relax assert when old host kernels don't include msrs

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 04/12/19 16:47, Eduardo Habkost wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2019 at 04:34:45PM +0100, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> On 04/12/19 16:07, Catherine Ho wrote:
>>>> Ok, so the problem is that some MSR didn't exist in that version.  Which
>>> I thought in my platform, the only MSR didn't exist is MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC
>>> (0x480). If I remove this kvm_msr_entry_add(), everything is ok, the guest can
>>> be boot up successfully.
>>>
>>
>> MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC was added in kvm-4.10.  Maybe the issue is the
>> _value_ that is being written to the VM is not valid?  Can you check
>> what's happening in vmx_restore_vmx_basic?
> 
> I believe env->features[FEAT_VMX_BASIC] will be initialized to 0
> if the host kernel doesn't have KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES.

But the host must have MSR features if the MSRs are added:

        if (kvm_feature_msrs && cpu_has_vmx(env)) {
            kvm_msr_entry_add_vmx(cpu, env->features);
        }

Looks like feature MSRs were backported to 4.14, but
1389309c811b0c954bf3b591b761d79b1700283d and the previous commit weren't.

Paolo

[PATCH] target/i386: skip kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0

[Catherine Ho]

Commit 1389309c811b ("KVM: nVMX: expose VMX capabilities for nested
hypervisors to userspace") expands the msr_based_features with
MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC and others. Then together with an old kernel before
1389309c811b, the qemu call KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST and got the
smaller kvm_feature_msrs. Then in kvm_arch_get_supported_msr_feature(),
searching VMX_BASIC will be failed and return 0. At last kvm_vmx_basic
will be assigned to 0.

Without this patch, it will cause a qemu crash (host kernel 4.15
ubuntu 18.04+qemu 4.1):
qemu-system-x86_64: error: failed to set MSR 0x480 to 0x0
target/i386/kvm.c:2932: kvm_put_msrs: Assertion `ret ==
cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs' failed.

This fixes it by skipping kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Catherine Ho <catherine.hecx@gmail.com>
---
 target/i386/kvm.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index a8c44bf..8cf84a2 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -2632,8 +2632,13 @@ static void kvm_msr_entry_add_vmx(X86CPU *cpu, FeatureWordArray f)
                                          f[FEAT_VMX_SECONDARY_CTLS]));
     kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP,
                       f[FEAT_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAPS] | fixed_vmx_ept_vpid);
-    kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC,
+
+    if (kvm_vmx_basic) {
+	/* Only add the entry when host supports it */
+        kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC,
                       f[FEAT_VMX_BASIC] | fixed_vmx_basic);
+    }
+
     kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC,
                       f[FEAT_VMX_MISC] | fixed_vmx_misc);
     if (has_msr_vmx_vmfunc) {
-- 
1.7.1

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: skip kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0

[Catherine Ho]

Hi Paolo and Eduardo
I digged into the put msr assertion bug a little more, and seems I
found the root cause.
Please have a review.

Best regards.
Catherine

On Fri, 6 Dec 2019 at 18:25, Catherine Ho <catherine.hecx@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Commit 1389309c811b ("KVM: nVMX: expose VMX capabilities for nested
> hypervisors to userspace") expands the msr_based_features with
> MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC and others. Then together with an old kernel before
> 1389309c811b, the qemu call KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST and got the
> smaller kvm_feature_msrs. Then in kvm_arch_get_supported_msr_feature(),
> searching VMX_BASIC will be failed and return 0. At last kvm_vmx_basic
> will be assigned to 0.
>
> Without this patch, it will cause a qemu crash (host kernel 4.15
> ubuntu 18.04+qemu 4.1):
> qemu-system-x86_64: error: failed to set MSR 0x480 to 0x0
> target/i386/kvm.c:2932: kvm_put_msrs: Assertion `ret ==
> cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs' failed.
>
> This fixes it by skipping kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0
>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Catherine Ho <catherine.hecx@gmail.com>
> ---
>  target/i386/kvm.c |    7 ++++++-
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
> index a8c44bf..8cf84a2 100644
> --- a/target/i386/kvm.c
> +++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
> @@ -2632,8 +2632,13 @@ static void kvm_msr_entry_add_vmx(X86CPU *cpu, FeatureWordArray f)
>                                           f[FEAT_VMX_SECONDARY_CTLS]));
>      kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP,
>                        f[FEAT_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAPS] | fixed_vmx_ept_vpid);
> -    kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC,
> +
> +    if (kvm_vmx_basic) {
> +       /* Only add the entry when host supports it */
> +        kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC,
>                        f[FEAT_VMX_BASIC] | fixed_vmx_basic);
> +    }
> +
>      kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC,
>                        f[FEAT_VMX_MISC] | fixed_vmx_misc);
>      if (has_msr_vmx_vmfunc) {
> --
> 1.7.1
>

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: skip kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 06/12/19 11:23, Catherine Ho wrote:
> Commit 1389309c811b ("KVM: nVMX: expose VMX capabilities for nested
> hypervisors to userspace") expands the msr_based_features with
> MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC and others. Then together with an old kernel before
> 1389309c811b, the qemu call KVM_GET_MSR_FEATURE_INDEX_LIST and got the
> smaller kvm_feature_msrs. Then in kvm_arch_get_supported_msr_feature(),
> searching VMX_BASIC will be failed and return 0. At last kvm_vmx_basic
> will be assigned to 0.
> 
> Without this patch, it will cause a qemu crash (host kernel 4.15
> ubuntu 18.04+qemu 4.1):
> qemu-system-x86_64: error: failed to set MSR 0x480 to 0x0
> target/i386/kvm.c:2932: kvm_put_msrs: Assertion `ret ==
> cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs' failed.
> 
> This fixes it by skipping kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0
> 
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Catherine Ho <catherine.hecx@gmail.com>
> ---
>  target/i386/kvm.c |    7 ++++++-
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
> index a8c44bf..8cf84a2 100644
> --- a/target/i386/kvm.c
> +++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
> @@ -2632,8 +2632,13 @@ static void kvm_msr_entry_add_vmx(X86CPU *cpu, FeatureWordArray f)
>                                           f[FEAT_VMX_SECONDARY_CTLS]));
>      kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAP,
>                        f[FEAT_VMX_EPT_VPID_CAPS] | fixed_vmx_ept_vpid);
> -    kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC,
> +
> +    if (kvm_vmx_basic) {
> +	/* Only add the entry when host supports it */
> +        kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_BASIC,
>                        f[FEAT_VMX_BASIC] | fixed_vmx_basic);
> +    }
> +
>      kvm_msr_entry_add(cpu, MSR_IA32_VMX_MISC,
>                        f[FEAT_VMX_MISC] | fixed_vmx_misc);
>      if (has_msr_vmx_vmfunc) {
> 

Yang Zhong from Intel also sent a similar patch.  Thanks very much to
both of you.

Paolo

Re: [PATCH] target/i386: skip kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0

[no-reply]

Patchew URL: https://patchew.org/QEMU/1575627817-24625-1-git-send-email-catherine.hecx@gmail.com/



Hi,

This series seems to have some coding style problems. See output below for
more information:

Subject: [PATCH] target/i386: skip kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0
Type: series
Message-id: 1575627817-24625-1-git-send-email-catherine.hecx@gmail.com

=== TEST SCRIPT BEGIN ===
#!/bin/bash
git rev-parse base > /dev/null || exit 0
git config --local diff.renamelimit 0
git config --local diff.renames True
git config --local diff.algorithm histogram
./scripts/checkpatch.pl --mailback base..
=== TEST SCRIPT END ===

Updating 3c8cf5a9c21ff8782164d1def7f44bd888713384
Switched to a new branch 'test'
987441f target/i386: skip kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0

=== OUTPUT BEGIN ===
ERROR: code indent should never use tabs
#38: FILE: target/i386/kvm.c:2637:
+^I/* Only add the entry when host supports it */$

total: 1 errors, 0 warnings, 14 lines checked

Commit 987441f7424c (target/i386: skip kvm_msr_entry_add when kvm_vmx_basic is 0) has style problems, please review.  If any of these errors
are false positives report them to the maintainer, see
CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
=== OUTPUT END ===

Test command exited with code: 1


The full log is available at
http://patchew.org/logs/1575627817-24625-1-git-send-email-catherine.hecx@gmail.com/testing.checkpatch/?type=message.
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