[PATCH 0/3] KVM: VMX: Allow to disable ioport intercept per-VM by userspace

[PATCH 0/3] KVM: VMX: Allow to disable ioport intercept per-VM by userspace

[Wanpeng Li]

Tim Shearer reported that "There is a guest which is running a packet
forwarding app based on the DPDK (dpdk.org). The packet receive routine
writes to 0xc070 using glibc's "outw_p" function which does an additional
write to I/O port 0x80. It does this write for every packet that's
received, causing a flood of KVM userspace context switches". He uses
mpstat to observe a CPU performing L2 packet forwarding on a pinned
guest vCPU, the guest time is 95 percent when allowing I/O port 0x80
bypass, however, it is 65.78 percent when I/O port 0x80 bypss is
disabled.

This patchset introduces per-VM I/O permission bitmaps, the userspace
can disable the ioport intercept when they are more concern the
performance than the security.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>

Wanpeng Li (3):
  KVM: VMX: Introduce per-VM I/O permission bitmaps
  KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept
  KVM: VMX: Allow I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer

 Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  5 +++++
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
 5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

[PATCH 1/3] KVM: VMX: Introduce per-VM I/O permission bitmaps

[Wanpeng Li]

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>

This patch introduces per-VM I/O permission bitmaps, it will be used by 
later patches.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 5b49ad4..ebf1140 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -189,12 +189,19 @@ module_param(ple_window_max, uint, 0444);
 
 extern const ulong vmx_return;
 
+enum {
+	VMX_IO_BITMAP_A,
+	VMX_IO_BITMAP_B,
+	VMX_IO_BITMAP_NR
+};
+
 struct kvm_vmx {
 	struct kvm kvm;
 
 	unsigned int tss_addr;
 	bool ept_identity_pagetable_done;
 	gpa_t ept_identity_map_addr;
+	unsigned long *vmx_io_bitmap[VMX_IO_BITMAP_NR];
 };
 
 #define NR_AUTOLOAD_MSRS 8
@@ -3963,7 +3970,7 @@ static __init int setup_vmcs_config(struct vmcs_config *vmcs_conf)
 #endif
 	      CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING |
 	      CPU_BASED_CR3_STORE_EXITING |
-	      CPU_BASED_UNCOND_IO_EXITING |
+	      CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS |
 	      CPU_BASED_MOV_DR_EXITING |
 	      CPU_BASED_USE_TSC_OFFSETING |
 	      CPU_BASED_MWAIT_EXITING |
@@ -5940,6 +5947,12 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_setup(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 #endif
 	int i;
 
+	/* I/O */
+	vmcs_write64(IO_BITMAP_A,
+		__pa(to_kvm_vmx(vmx->vcpu.kvm)->vmx_io_bitmap[VMX_IO_BITMAP_A]));
+	vmcs_write64(IO_BITMAP_B,
+		__pa(to_kvm_vmx(vmx->vcpu.kvm)->vmx_io_bitmap[VMX_IO_BITMAP_B]));
+
 	if (enable_shadow_vmcs) {
 		vmcs_write64(VMREAD_BITMAP, __pa(vmx_vmread_bitmap));
 		vmcs_write64(VMWRITE_BITMAP, __pa(vmx_vmwrite_bitmap));
@@ -10093,9 +10106,24 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 
 static int vmx_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
+	int i;
+	struct kvm_vmx *kvm_vmx = to_kvm_vmx(kvm);
+
 	if (!ple_gap)
 		kvm->arch.pause_in_guest = true;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < VMX_IO_BITMAP_NR; i++) {
+		kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[i] = (unsigned long *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[i])
+			goto out;
+		memset(kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[i], 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
+	}
 	return 0;
+
+out:
+	for (i = 0; i < VMX_IO_BITMAP_NR; i++)
+		free_page((unsigned long)kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[i]);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static void __init vmx_check_processor_compat(void *rtn)
@@ -11128,8 +11156,8 @@ static int prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * A vmexit (to either L1 hypervisor or L0 userspace) is always needed
-	 * for I/O port accesses.
+	 * Merging of IO bitmap not currently supported.
+	 * Rather, exit every time.
 	 */
 	exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS;
 	exec_control |= CPU_BASED_UNCOND_IO_EXITING;
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: VMX: Introduce per-VM I/O permission bitmaps

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

>  	/*
> -	 * A vmexit (to either L1 hypervisor or L0 userspace) is always needed
> -	 * for I/O port accesses.
> +	 * Merging of IO bitmap not currently supported.

s/not/is not/

And with that

Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

Thank you!
> +	 * Rather, exit every time.
>  	 */
>  	exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS;
>  	exec_control |= CPU_BASED_UNCOND_IO_EXITING;
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Re: [PATCH 1/3] KVM: VMX: Introduce per-VM I/O permission bitmaps

[Jim Mattson]

Since these pages are typically not used, can we allocate them conditionally?

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:39 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
<konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:
>>       /*
>> -      * A vmexit (to either L1 hypervisor or L0 userspace) is always needed
>> -      * for I/O port accesses.
>> +      * Merging of IO bitmap not currently supported.
>
> s/not/is not/
>
> And with that
>
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>
>
> Thank you!
>> +      * Rather, exit every time.
>>        */
>>       exec_control &= ~CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS;
>>       exec_control |= CPU_BASED_UNCOND_IO_EXITING;
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>

[PATCH 2/3] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept

[Wanpeng Li]

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>

Allow to disable ioport intercept by userspace.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
---
 Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  5 +++++
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index 1c7958b..3d0488e 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -4378,6 +4378,17 @@ all such vmexits.
 
 Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits.
 
+7.14 KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT
+
+Architectures: x86
+Parameters: args[0] defines whether ioport intercept
+
+When disable intercept (args[0] == 1), some ioports which frequently
+access will not be intercepted.
+
+When enable intercept (args[0] == 0), behavior is as if this facility
+is unsupported.
+
 8. Other capabilities.
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index c25775f..2f29f64 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -808,6 +808,8 @@ struct kvm_arch {
 	bool hlt_in_guest;
 	bool pause_in_guest;
 
+	bool ioport_disable_intercept;
+
 	unsigned long irq_sources_bitmap;
 	s64 kvmclock_offset;
 	raw_spinlock_t tsc_write_lock;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 51ecd38..044e314 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2881,6 +2881,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
  	case KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP:
 	case KVM_CAP_IMMEDIATE_EXIT:
 	case KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES:
+	case KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT:
 		r = 1;
 		break;
 	case KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS:
@@ -4250,6 +4251,10 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
 			kvm->arch.pause_in_guest = true;
 		r = 0;
 		break;
+	case KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT:
+		kvm->arch.ioport_disable_intercept = cap->args[0];
+		r = 0;
+		break;
 	default:
 		r = -EINVAL;
 		break;
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
index 1065006..92730d8 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
@@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
 #define KVM_CAP_S390_BPB 152
 #define KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES 153
 #define KVM_CAP_HYPERV_EVENTFD 154
+#define KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT 155
 
 #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
 
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:46:01PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> 
> Allow to disable ioport intercept by userspace.
> 
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
> Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
> Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  5 +++++
>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
>  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> index 1c7958b..3d0488e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> @@ -4378,6 +4378,17 @@ all such vmexits.
>  
>  Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits.
>  
> +7.14 KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT
> +
> +Architectures: x86
> +Parameters: args[0] defines whether ioport intercept

"defines whether ioport intercept" -> "defines whether to intercept the provided ioport"

> +
> +When disable intercept (args[0] == 1), some ioports which frequently

When args[0] == 1 is one, that is disable intercept, some ioports..

> +access will not be intercepted.

Why not proide args[1] which will have the ioport in questions? Or an array
of them?

> +
> +When enable intercept (args[0] == 0), behavior is as if this facility
> +is unsupported.
> +
>  8. Other capabilities.
>  ----------------------
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> index c25775f..2f29f64 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
> @@ -808,6 +808,8 @@ struct kvm_arch {
>  	bool hlt_in_guest;
>  	bool pause_in_guest;
>  
> +	bool ioport_disable_intercept;
> +
>  	unsigned long irq_sources_bitmap;
>  	s64 kvmclock_offset;
>  	raw_spinlock_t tsc_write_lock;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> index 51ecd38..044e314 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
> @@ -2881,6 +2881,7 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
>   	case KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP:
>  	case KVM_CAP_IMMEDIATE_EXIT:
>  	case KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES:
> +	case KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT:
>  		r = 1;
>  		break;
>  	case KVM_CAP_SYNC_REGS:
> @@ -4250,6 +4251,10 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
>  			kvm->arch.pause_in_guest = true;
>  		r = 0;
>  		break;
> +	case KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT:
> +		kvm->arch.ioport_disable_intercept = cap->args[0];
> +		r = 0;
> +		break;
>  	default:
>  		r = -EINVAL;
>  		break;
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> index 1065006..92730d8 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h
> @@ -941,6 +941,7 @@ struct kvm_ppc_resize_hpt {
>  #define KVM_CAP_S390_BPB 152
>  #define KVM_CAP_GET_MSR_FEATURES 153
>  #define KVM_CAP_HYPERV_EVENTFD 154
> +#define KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT 155
>  
>  #ifdef KVM_CAP_IRQ_ROUTING
>  
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:42:46AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:46:01PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> > 
> > Allow to disable ioport intercept by userspace.
> > 
> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
> > Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
> > Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> > ---
> >  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  5 +++++
> >  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
> >  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> > index 1c7958b..3d0488e 100644
> > --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> > +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
> > @@ -4378,6 +4378,17 @@ all such vmexits.
> >  
> >  Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits.
> >  
> > +7.14 KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT
> > +
> > +Architectures: x86

And to be exact: Intel only..

Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept

[Jim Mattson]

I'd prefer to let the kvm module have the final say as to whether or
not to allow userspace to do this.

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
<konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:42:46AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:46:01PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
>> >
>> > Allow to disable ioport intercept by userspace.
>> >
>> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> > Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
>> > Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
>> > Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
>> > ---
>> >  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>> >  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
>> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  5 +++++
>> >  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
>> >  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> > index 1c7958b..3d0488e 100644
>> > --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> > +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>> > @@ -4378,6 +4378,17 @@ all such vmexits.
>> >
>> >  Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits.
>> >
>> > +7.14 KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT
>> > +
>> > +Architectures: x86
>
> And to be exact: Intel only..

Re: [PATCH 2/3] KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept

[Wanpeng Li]

2018-05-16 5:56 GMT+08:00 Jim Mattson <jmattson@google.com>:
> I'd prefer to let the kvm module have the final say as to whether or
> not to allow userspace to do this.

I have an IRC discussion with Paolo, it seems that he didn't like the
original idea of the patchset.

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

>
> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:43 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
> <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 11:42:46AM -0400, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:46:01PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>>> > From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
>>> >
>>> > Allow to disable ioport intercept by userspace.
>>> >
>>> > Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>>> > Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
>>> > Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
>>> > Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
>>> > Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
>>> > ---
>>> >  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>>> >  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
>>> >  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  5 +++++
>>> >  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
>>> >  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+)
>>> >
>>> > diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>>> > index 1c7958b..3d0488e 100644
>>> > --- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>>> > +++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
>>> > @@ -4378,6 +4378,17 @@ all such vmexits.
>>> >
>>> >  Do not enable KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT if you disable HLT exits.
>>> >
>>> > +7.14 KVM_CAP_IOPORT_DISABLE_INTERCEPT
>>> > +
>>> > +Architectures: x86
>>
>> And to be exact: Intel only..

[PATCH 3/3] KVM: VMX: Allow I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer

[Wanpeng Li]

From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>

Tim Shearer reported that "There is a guest which is running a packet 
forwarding app based on the DPDK (dpdk.org). The packet receive routine 
writes to 0xc070 using glibc's "outw_p" function which does an additional 
write to I/O port 80. It does this write for every packet that's received, 
causing a flood of KVM userspace context switches". He uses mpstat to 
observe a CPU performing L2 packet forwarding on a pinned guest vCPU, 
the guest time is 95 percent when allowing I/O port 0x80 bypass, however, 
it is 65.78 percent when I/O port 0x80 bypss is disabled.  

This patch allows I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer.

Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index ebf1140..d3e5fef 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -10118,6 +10118,13 @@ static int vmx_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 			goto out;
 		memset(kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[i], 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
+	if (kvm->arch.ioport_disable_intercept)	{
+		/*
+		 * Allow direct access to the PC debug port (it is often used for I/O
+		 * delays, but the vmexits simply slow things down).
+		 */
+		clear_bit(0x80, kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[VMX_IO_BITMAP_A]);
+	}
 	return 0;
 
 out:
-- 
2.7.4

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: VMX: Allow I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:46:02PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> 
> Tim Shearer reported that "There is a guest which is running a packet 
> forwarding app based on the DPDK (dpdk.org). The packet receive routine 
> writes to 0xc070 using glibc's "outw_p" function which does an additional 
> write to I/O port 80. It does this write for every packet that's received, 
> causing a flood of KVM userspace context switches". He uses mpstat to 
> observe a CPU performing L2 packet forwarding on a pinned guest vCPU, 
> the guest time is 95 percent when allowing I/O port 0x80 bypass, however, 
> it is 65.78 percent when I/O port 0x80 bypss is disabled.  
> 
> This patch allows I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer.

s/prefer/requests it/
> 

Perhaps:

Reported-by: Tim Shearer as well?

> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
> Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
> Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 +++++++
>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> index ebf1140..d3e5fef 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
> @@ -10118,6 +10118,13 @@ static int vmx_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm)
>  			goto out;
>  		memset(kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[i], 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
>  	}
> +	if (kvm->arch.ioport_disable_intercept)	{
> +		/*
> +		 * Allow direct access to the PC debug port (it is often used for I/O
> +		 * delays, but the vmexits simply slow things down).
> +		 */
> +		clear_bit(0x80, kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[VMX_IO_BITMAP_A]);
> +	}
>  	return 0;
>  
>  out:
> -- 
> 2.7.4
> 

Re: [PATCH 3/3] KVM: VMX: Allow I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer

[Jim Mattson]

This does seem to allow a DoS from userspace if userspace prefers it.
That doesn't seem wise.

On Fri, May 11, 2018 at 8:44 AM, Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
<konrad.wilk@oracle.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:46:02PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> From: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
>>
>> Tim Shearer reported that "There is a guest which is running a packet
>> forwarding app based on the DPDK (dpdk.org). The packet receive routine
>> writes to 0xc070 using glibc's "outw_p" function which does an additional
>> write to I/O port 80. It does this write for every packet that's received,
>> causing a flood of KVM userspace context switches". He uses mpstat to
>> observe a CPU performing L2 packet forwarding on a pinned guest vCPU,
>> the guest time is 95 percent when allowing I/O port 0x80 bypass, however,
>> it is 65.78 percent when I/O port 0x80 bypss is disabled.
>>
>> This patch allows I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer.
>
> s/prefer/requests it/
>>
>
> Perhaps:
>
> Reported-by: Tim Shearer as well?
>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
>> Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpengli@tencent.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 7 +++++++
>>  1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> index ebf1140..d3e5fef 100644
>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>> @@ -10118,6 +10118,13 @@ static int vmx_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm)
>>                       goto out;
>>               memset(kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[i], 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
>>       }
>> +     if (kvm->arch.ioport_disable_intercept) {
>> +             /*
>> +              * Allow direct access to the PC debug port (it is often used for I/O
>> +              * delays, but the vmexits simply slow things down).
>> +              */
>> +             clear_bit(0x80, kvm_vmx->vmx_io_bitmap[VMX_IO_BITMAP_A]);
>> +     }
>>       return 0;
>>
>>  out:
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>

Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: VMX: Allow to disable ioport intercept per-VM by userspace

[Wanpeng Li]

2018-04-17 13:45 GMT+08:00 Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>:
> Tim Shearer reported that "There is a guest which is running a packet
> forwarding app based on the DPDK (dpdk.org). The packet receive routine
> writes to 0xc070 using glibc's "outw_p" function which does an additional
> write to I/O port 0x80. It does this write for every packet that's
> received, causing a flood of KVM userspace context switches". He uses
> mpstat to observe a CPU performing L2 packet forwarding on a pinned
> guest vCPU, the guest time is 95 percent when allowing I/O port 0x80
> bypass, however, it is 65.78 percent when I/O port 0x80 bypss is
> disabled.
>
> This patchset introduces per-VM I/O permission bitmaps, the userspace
> can disable the ioport intercept when they are more concern the
> performance than the security.
>
> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
> Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
> Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
>

Hi Paolo,

Did you send the patch to glibc or the patchset still can be considered?

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

> Wanpeng Li (3):
>   KVM: VMX: Introduce per-VM I/O permission bitmaps
>   KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept
>   KVM: VMX: Allow I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer
>
>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  5 +++++
>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
>  5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.7.4
>

Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: VMX: Allow to disable ioport intercept per-VM by userspace

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 08/05/2018 09:55, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> 2018-04-17 13:45 GMT+08:00 Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>:
>> Tim Shearer reported that "There is a guest which is running a packet
>> forwarding app based on the DPDK (dpdk.org). The packet receive routine
>> writes to 0xc070 using glibc's "outw_p" function which does an additional
>> write to I/O port 0x80. It does this write for every packet that's
>> received, causing a flood of KVM userspace context switches". He uses
>> mpstat to observe a CPU performing L2 packet forwarding on a pinned
>> guest vCPU, the guest time is 95 percent when allowing I/O port 0x80
>> bypass, however, it is 65.78 percent when I/O port 0x80 bypss is
>> disabled.
>>
>> This patchset introduces per-VM I/O permission bitmaps, the userspace
>> can disable the ioport intercept when they are more concern the
>> performance than the security.
>>
>> Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>
>> Cc: Liran Alon <liran.alon@oracle.com>
>>
> 
> Hi Paolo,
> 
> Did you send the patch to glibc or the patchset still can be considered?

I haven't, but I'm still not sure about the usefulness of these patches.

Paolo

> 
> Regards,
> Wanpeng Li
> 
>> Wanpeng Li (3):
>>   KVM: VMX: Introduce per-VM I/O permission bitmaps
>>   KVM: X86: Allow userspace to disable ioport intercept
>>   KVM: VMX: Allow I/O port 0x80 bypass when userspace prefer
>>
>>  Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt | 11 +++++++++++
>>  arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h   |  2 ++
>>  arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c                | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                |  5 +++++
>>  include/uapi/linux/kvm.h          |  1 +
>>  5 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> --
>> 2.7.4
>>

Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: VMX: Allow to disable ioport intercept per-VM by userspace

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk]

On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:45:59PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
> Tim Shearer reported that "There is a guest which is running a packet
> forwarding app based on the DPDK (dpdk.org). The packet receive routine
> writes to 0xc070 using glibc's "outw_p" function which does an additional
> write to I/O port 0x80. It does this write for every packet that's
> received, causing a flood of KVM userspace context switches". He uses
> mpstat to observe a CPU performing L2 packet forwarding on a pinned
> guest vCPU, the guest time is 95 percent when allowing I/O port 0x80
> bypass, however, it is 65.78 percent when I/O port 0x80 bypss is
> disabled.
> 
> This patchset introduces per-VM I/O permission bitmaps, the userspace
> can disable the ioport intercept when they are more concern the
> performance than the security.

Could you kindly also add:

Suggested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

Thank you.

Re: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: VMX: Allow to disable ioport intercept per-VM by userspace

[Wanpeng Li]

2018-05-11 23:40 GMT+08:00 Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>:
> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:45:59PM -0700, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>> Tim Shearer reported that "There is a guest which is running a packet
>> forwarding app based on the DPDK (dpdk.org). The packet receive routine
>> writes to 0xc070 using glibc's "outw_p" function which does an additional
>> write to I/O port 0x80. It does this write for every packet that's
>> received, causing a flood of KVM userspace context switches". He uses
>> mpstat to observe a CPU performing L2 packet forwarding on a pinned
>> guest vCPU, the guest time is 95 percent when allowing I/O port 0x80
>> bypass, however, it is 65.78 percent when I/O port 0x80 bypss is
>> disabled.
>>
>> This patchset introduces per-VM I/O permission bitmaps, the userspace
>> can disable the ioport intercept when they are more concern the
>> performance than the security.
>
> Could you kindly also add:
>
> Suggested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com>

Yeah, both you and Liran give the original idea. :) Tim and Liran, any
review for the patchset?

Regards,
Wanpeng Li

RE: [PATCH 0/3] KVM: VMX: Allow to disable ioport intercept per-VM by userspace

[Tim Shearer]

> From: Wanpeng Li <kernellwp@gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2018 9:03 PM
> 
> Yeah, both you and Liran give the original idea. :) Tim and Liran, any
> review for the patchset?
> 

> +Architectures: x86
> +Parameters: args[0] defines whether ioport intercept

Agree with Konrad that the flexibility of specifying the ioport via args[1] could be valuable, otherwise this looks good to me. Thank you!

Reviewed-by: Tim Shearer <tshearer@advaoptical.com>