From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
To: Brijesh Singh <brijesh.singh@amd.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 11/22] x86/sev: Add helper for validating pages in early enc attribute changes
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2021 14:06:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YMn3Yqp8Jq3TUhvv@work-vm> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <9f012bcb-4756-600d-6fe8-b1db9b972f17@amd.com>
* Brijesh Singh (brijesh.singh@amd.com) wrote:
>
> On 6/16/21 7:03 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 16, 2021 at 06:00:09AM -0500, Brijesh Singh wrote:
> >> I am trying to be consistent with previous VMGEXIT implementations. If
> >> the command itself failed then use the command specific error code to
> >> tell hypervisor why we terminated but if the hypervisor violated the
> >> GHCB specification then use the "general request termination".
> > I feel like we're running in circles here: I ask about debuggability
> > and telling the user what exactly failed and you're giving me some
> > explanation about what the error codes mean. I can see what they mean.
> >
> > So let me try again:
> >
> > Imagine you're a guest owner and you haven't written the SNP code and
> > you don't know how it works.
> >
> > You start a guest in the public cloud and it fails because the
> > hypervisor violates the GHCB protocol and all that guest prints before
> > it dies is
> >
> > "general request termination"
>
>
> The GHCB specification does not define a unique error code for every
> possible condition. Now that we have reserved reason set 1 for the
> Linux-specific error code, we could add a new error code to cover the
> cases for the protocol violation. I was highlighting that we should not
> overload the meaning of GHCB_TERM_PSC. In my mind, the GHCB_TERM_PSC
> error code is used when the guest sees that the hypervisor failed to
> change the state . The failure maybe because the guest provided a bogus
> GPA or invalid operation code, or RMPUPDATE failure or HV does not
> support SNP feature etc etc. But in this case, the failure was due to
> the protocol error, and IMO we should not use the GHCB_TERM_PSC.
> Additionally, we should also update CPUID and other VMGEXITs to use the
> new error code instead of "general request termination" so that its
> consistent.
>
>
> If you still think that GHCB_TERM_PSC is valid here, then I am okay with it.
I'd kind of agree with Borislav, the more hints we can have as to the
actual failure reason the better - so if you've got multiple cases
where the guest thinks the hypervisor has screwed up, find a way to give
an error code to tell us which one.
Dave
> -Brijesh
>
>
>
--
Dr. David Alan Gilbert / dgilbert@redhat.com / Manchester, UK
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-16 13:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 99+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-06-02 14:03 [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 00/22] Add AMD Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP) Guest Support Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:03 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 01/22] x86/sev: shorten GHCB terminate macro names Brijesh Singh
2021-06-08 15:54 ` Venu Busireddy
2021-06-02 14:03 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 02/22] x86/sev: Define the Linux specific guest termination reasons Brijesh Singh
2021-06-08 15:59 ` Venu Busireddy
2021-06-08 16:51 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:03 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 03/22] x86/sev: Save the negotiated GHCB version Brijesh Singh
2021-06-03 19:57 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-08 17:35 ` Venu Busireddy
2021-06-02 14:03 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 04/22] x86/mm: Add sev_feature_enabled() helper Brijesh Singh
2021-06-05 10:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-02 14:03 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 05/22] x86/sev: Add support for hypervisor feature VMGEXIT Brijesh Singh
2021-06-07 14:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-07 14:58 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 06/22] x86/sev: check SEV-SNP features support Brijesh Singh
2021-06-07 14:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-07 16:01 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-17 18:46 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-18 5:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 07/22] x86/sev: Add a helper for the PVALIDATE instruction Brijesh Singh
2021-06-07 15:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 08/22] x86/compressed: Add helper for validating pages in the decompression stage Brijesh Singh
2021-06-08 11:12 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-08 15:58 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-16 10:21 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 09/22] x86/compressed: Register GHCB memory when SEV-SNP is active Brijesh Singh
2021-06-09 17:47 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-14 12:28 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 10/22] x86/sev: " Brijesh Singh
2021-06-10 5:49 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-14 12:29 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 11/22] x86/sev: Add helper for validating pages in early enc attribute changes Brijesh Singh
2021-06-10 15:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-14 12:45 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-14 19:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-14 21:01 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-16 10:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-16 11:00 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-16 12:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-16 12:49 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-16 13:02 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-16 13:10 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-16 14:36 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-16 14:37 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-16 13:06 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert [this message]
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 12/22] x86/kernel: Make the bss.decrypted section shared in RMP table Brijesh Singh
2021-06-10 16:06 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 13/22] x86/kernel: Validate rom memory before accessing when SEV-SNP is active Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 14/22] x86/mm: Add support to validate memory when changing C-bit Brijesh Singh
[not found] ` <YMMwdJRwbbsh1VVO@zn.tnic>
2021-06-14 13:05 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-14 19:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 15/22] KVM: SVM: define new SEV_FEATURES field in the VMCB Save State Area Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 16/22] KVM: SVM: Create a separate mapping for the SEV-ES save area Brijesh Singh
2021-06-14 10:58 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-14 19:34 ` Tom Lendacky
2021-06-14 19:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 17/22] KVM: SVM: Create a separate mapping for the GHCB " Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 18/22] KVM: SVM: Update the SEV-ES save area mapping Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 19/22] x86/sev-snp: SEV-SNP AP creation support Brijesh Singh
2021-06-16 13:07 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-16 16:13 ` Tom Lendacky
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 20/22] x86/boot: Add Confidential Computing address to setup_header Brijesh Singh
2021-06-18 6:08 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-18 13:57 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-18 15:05 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-23 4:30 ` Michael Roth
2021-06-23 10:22 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-24 3:19 ` Michael Roth
2021-06-24 7:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-24 12:26 ` Michael Roth
2021-06-24 12:34 ` Michael Roth
2021-06-24 12:54 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-24 14:11 ` Michael Roth
2021-06-25 14:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-25 15:24 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-25 17:01 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-25 18:14 ` Michael Roth
2021-06-28 13:43 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-24 13:09 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 21/22] x86/sev: Register SNP guest request platform device Brijesh Singh
2021-06-04 11:28 ` Sergio Lopez
2021-06-09 19:24 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2021-06-11 13:16 ` Tom Lendacky
2021-06-14 17:15 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2021-06-14 18:24 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-14 13:20 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-14 17:23 ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2021-06-14 20:50 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-18 9:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-18 13:59 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-02 14:04 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 22/22] virt: Add SEV-SNP guest driver Brijesh Singh
2021-06-30 13:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-06-30 16:26 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-07-01 18:03 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-07-01 21:32 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-07-03 16:19 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-07-05 10:39 ` Brijesh Singh
2021-06-07 19:15 ` [PATCH Part1 RFC v3 00/22] Add AMD Secure Nested Paging (SEV-SNP) Guest Support Venu Busireddy
2021-06-07 19:17 ` Borislav Petkov
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