Re: [RFC v2 01/26] mm/x86: Introduce kernel address space isolation

[Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@oracle.com>]

On 7/11/19 11:33 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2019, Alexandre Chartre wrote:
>> +/*
>> + * When isolation is active, the address space doesn't necessarily map
>> + * the percpu offset value (this_cpu_off) which is used to get pointers
>> + * to percpu variables. So functions which can be invoked while isolation
>> + * is active shouldn't be getting pointers to percpu variables (i.e. with
>> + * get_cpu_var() or this_cpu_ptr()). Instead percpu variable should be
>> + * directly read or written to (i.e. with this_cpu_read() or
>> + * this_cpu_write()).
>> + */
>> +
>> +int asi_enter(struct asi *asi)
>> +{
>> +	enum asi_session_state state;
>> +	struct asi *current_asi;
>> +	struct asi_session *asi_session;
>> +
>> +	state = this_cpu_read(cpu_asi_session.state);
>> +	/*
>> +	 * We can re-enter isolation, but only with the same ASI (we don't
>> +	 * support nesting isolation). Also, if isolation is still active,
>> +	 * then we should be re-entering with the same task.
>> +	 */
>> +	if (state == ASI_SESSION_STATE_ACTIVE) {
>> +		current_asi = this_cpu_read(cpu_asi_session.asi);
>> +		if (current_asi != asi) {
>> +			WARN_ON(1);
>> +			return -EBUSY;
>> +		}
>> +		WARN_ON(this_cpu_read(cpu_asi_session.task) != current);
>> +		return 0;
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	/* isolation is not active so we can safely access the percpu pointer */
>> +	asi_session = &get_cpu_var(cpu_asi_session);
> 
> get_cpu_var()?? Where is the matching put_cpu_var() ? get_cpu_var()
> contains a preempt_disable ...
> 
> What's wrong with a simple this_cpu_ptr() here?
> 

Oups, my mistake, I should be using this_cpu_ptr(). I will replace all get_cpu_var()
with this_cpu_ptr().


>> +void asi_exit(struct asi *asi)
>> +{
>> +	struct asi_session *asi_session;
>> +	enum asi_session_state asi_state;
>> +	unsigned long original_cr3;
>> +
>> +	asi_state = this_cpu_read(cpu_asi_session.state);
>> +	if (asi_state == ASI_SESSION_STATE_INACTIVE)
>> +		return;
>> +
>> +	/* TODO: Kick sibling hyperthread before switching to kernel cr3 */
>> +	original_cr3 = this_cpu_read(cpu_asi_session.original_cr3);
>> +	if (original_cr3)
> 
> Why would this be 0 if the session is active?
> 

Correct, original_cr3 won't be 0. I think this is a remain from a previous version
where original_cr3 was handled differently.


>> +		write_cr3(original_cr3);
>> +
>> +	/* page-table was switched, we can now access the percpu pointer */
>> +	asi_session = &get_cpu_var(cpu_asi_session);
> 
> See above.
> 

Will fix that.


Thanks,

alex.

>> +	WARN_ON(asi_session->task != current);
>> +	asi_session->state = ASI_SESSION_STATE_INACTIVE;
>> +	asi_session->asi = NULL;
>> +	asi_session->task = NULL;
>> +	asi_session->original_cr3 = 0;
>> +}
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 	tglx
>