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From: kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com
To: mhklinux@outlook.com
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de,
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/8] x86/coco: Mark CoCo VM pages not present when changing encrypted state
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 13:06:27 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231124100627.avltdnuhminwuzax@box> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231121212016.1154303-1-mhklinux@outlook.com>

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 01:20:08PM -0800, mhkelley58@gmail.com wrote:
> From: Michael Kelley <mhklinux@outlook.com>
> 
> In a CoCo VM when a page transitions from encrypted to decrypted, or vice
> versa, attributes in the PTE must be updated *and* the hypervisor must
> be notified of the change.

Strictly speaking it is not true for TDX. Conversion to shared can be
implicit: set shared bit and touch the page will do the conversion. MapGPA
is optional.

> Because there are two separate steps, there's
> a window where the settings are inconsistent.  Normally the code that
> initiates the transition (via set_memory_decrypted() or
> set_memory_encrypted()) ensures that the memory is not being accessed
> during a transition, so the window of inconsistency is not a problem.
> However, the load_unaligned_zeropad() function can read arbitrary memory
> pages at arbitrary times, which could read a transitioning page during
> the window.  In such a case, CoCo VM specific exceptions are taken
> (depending on the CoCo architecture in use).  Current code in those
> exception handlers recovers and does "fixup" on the result returned by
> load_unaligned_zeropad().  Unfortunately, this exception handling can't
> work in paravisor scenarios (TDX Paritioning and SEV-SNP in vTOM mode)
> if the exceptions are routed to the paravisor.  The paravisor can't
> do load_unaligned_zeropad() fixup, so the exceptions would need to
> be forwarded from the paravisor to the Linux guest, but there are
> no architectural specs for how to do that.

Hm. Can't we inject #PF (or #GP) into L2 if #VE/#VC handler in L1 sees
cross-page access to shared memory while no fixup entry for the page in
L1. It would give L2 chance to handle the situation in a transparent way.

Maybe I miss something, I donno.

-- 
  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov

  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-11-24 10:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-11-21 21:20 [PATCH v2 0/8] x86/coco: Mark CoCo VM pages not present when changing encrypted state mhkelley58
2023-11-21 21:20 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] x86/coco: Use slow_virt_to_phys() in page transition hypervisor callbacks mhkelley58
2023-11-21 21:20 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] x86/mm: Don't do a TLB flush if changing a PTE that isn't marked present mhkelley58
2023-11-27 22:21   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2023-11-28 17:34     ` Michael Kelley
2023-11-21 21:20 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] x86/mm: Remove "static" from vmap_pages_range() mhkelley58
2023-11-22  6:26   ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-11-23  0:24     ` Michael Kelley
2023-11-23  7:32       ` Christoph Hellwig
2023-11-27  1:06         ` Michael Kelley
2023-11-21 21:20 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] x86/sev: Enable PVALIDATE for PFNs without a valid virtual address mhkelley58
2023-11-27 21:38   ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2023-11-28 18:08     ` Michael Kelley
2023-11-28 18:59       ` Edgecombe, Rick P
2023-12-12 18:35         ` Michael Kelley
2023-11-21 21:20 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] x86/mm: Mark CoCo VM pages not present while changing encrypted state mhkelley58
2023-11-21 21:20 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] x86/mm: Merge CoCo prepare and finish hypervisor callbacks mhkelley58
2023-11-21 21:20 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] x86/mm: Remove unnecessary call layer for __set_memory_enc_pgtable() mhkelley58
2023-11-21 21:20 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] x86/mm: Add comments about errors in set_memory_decrypted()/encrypted() mhkelley58
2023-11-24 10:06 ` kirill.shutemov [this message]
2023-11-28 19:12   ` [PATCH v2 0/8] x86/coco: Mark CoCo VM pages not present when changing encrypted state Michael Kelley
2023-11-29 15:10     ` kirill.shutemov

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