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* [PATCH v4 0/3] Introduce Notify VM exit
@ 2022-03-10  8:39 Chenyi Qiang
  2022-03-10  8:39 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] KVM: X86: Extend KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS to inject a SHUTDOWN event Chenyi Qiang
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From: Chenyi Qiang @ 2022-03-10  8:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Paolo Bonzini, Sean Christopherson, Vitaly Kuznetsov, Wanpeng Li,
	Jim Mattson, Joerg Roedel, Xiaoyao Li
  Cc: kvm, linux-kernel

Virtual machines can exploit Intel ISA characterstics to cause
functional denial of service to the VMM. This series introduces a new
feature named Notify VM exit, which can help mitigate such kind of
attack.

Patch 1: An extension of KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS ioctl to inject a
synthesized shutdown event from user space.

Patch 2: The main patch to enable Notify VM exit.

Patch 3: Add document about the new KVM capability and KVM exit reason.

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Change logs:
v3 -> v4
- Change this feature to per-VM scope. (Jim)
- Once VM_CONTEXT_INVALID set in exit_qualification, exit to user space
  notify this fatal case, especially the notify VM exit happens in L2.
  (Jim)
- extend KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS to allow user space to inject a shutdown
  event. (Jim)
- A minor code changes.
- Add document for the new KVM capability.
- v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220223062412.22334-1-chenyi.qiang@intel.com/

v2 -> v3
- add a vcpu state notify_window_exits to record the number of
  occurence as well as a pr_warn output. (Sean)
- Add the handling in nested VM to prevent L1 bypassing the restriction
  through launching a L2. (Sean)
- Only kill L2 when L2 VM is context invalid, synthesize a
  EXIT_REASON_TRIPLE_FAULT to L1 (Sean)
- To ease the current implementation, make module parameter
  notify_window read-only. (Sean)
- Disable notify window exit by default.
- v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210525051204.1480610-1-tao3.xu@intel.com/

v1 -> v2
- Default set notify window to 0, less than 0 to disable.
- Add more description in commit message.
---

Chenyi Qiang (2):
  KVM: X86: Extend KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS to inject a SHUTDOWN event
  KVM: Add document for KVM_CAP_X86_NOTIFY_VMEXIT and KVM_EXIT_NOTIFY

Tao Xu (1):
  KVM: VMX: Enable Notify VM exit

 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst     | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h    |  5 ++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h         |  7 +++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/vmxfeatures.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h    |  1 +
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h    |  4 ++-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h    |  6 ++++
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c          | 17 +++++++++++-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c             | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                 | 25 +++++++++++++++--
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.h                 |  5 ++++
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h           |  7 +++++
 12 files changed, 156 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

-- 
2.17.1


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