From: "Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan" <sathyanarayanan.kuppuswamy@linux.intel.com>
To: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>, Peter H Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Tony Luck <tony.luck@intel.com>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Andi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>,
Kirill Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>,
Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan <knsathya@kernel.org>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 11/12] x86/tdx: Don't write CSTAR MSR on Intel
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2021 14:03:03 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4c1ee7b9-9941-fdc4-73f5-3d2ef0530556@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YQrdFLPaUnC8Q5bn@google.com>
On 8/4/21 11:31 AM, Sean Christopherson wrote:
>> On Intel CPUs writing the CSTAR MSR is not really needed. Syscalls
>> from 32bit work using SYSENTER and 32bit SYSCALL is an illegal opcode.
>> But the kernel did write it anyways even though it was ignored by
>> the CPU. Inside a TDX guest this actually leads to a #GP. While the #GP
>> is caught and recovered from, it prints an ugly message at boot.
>> Do not write the CSTAR MSR on Intel CPUs.
> Not that it really matters, but...
>
> Is #GP the actual TDX-Module behavior? If so, isn't that a contradiction with
No, #GP is triggered by guest.
> respect to the TDX-Module architecture? It says:
>
> guest TD access violations to MSRs can cause a #GP(0) in most cases where the
> MSR is enumerated as inaccessible by the Intel TDX module via CPUID
> virtualization. In other cases, guest TD access violations to MSRs can cause
> a #VE.
>
> Given that there is no dedicated CPUID flag for CSTAR and CSTAR obviously exists
> on Intel CPUs, I don't see how the TDX-Module can possible enumerate CSTAR as
> being inaccessible.
>
> Regardless of #GP versus #VE, "Table 16.2 MSR Virtualization" needs to state the
> actual behavior.
Even in this case, it will trigger #VE. But since CSTAR MSR is not supported, write
to it will fail and leads to #VE fault.
File: arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
1183 DEFINE_IDTENTRY(exc_virtualization_exception)
1201 if (!ret)
1202 ret = tdg_handle_virtualization_exception(regs, &ve);
1203 /*
1204 * If tdg_handle_virtualization_exception() could not process
1205 * it successfully, treat it as #GP(0) and handle it.
1206 */
1207 if (ret)
1208 ve_raise_fault(regs, 0);
--
Sathyanarayanan Kuppuswamy
Linux Kernel Developer
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-08-04 21:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 72+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-08-04 18:13 [PATCH v5 00/12] Add TDX Guest Support (Initial support) Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 01/12] x86/paravirt: Move halt paravirt calls under CONFIG_PARAVIRT Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-12 7:18 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-12 17:17 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-17 12:50 ` Juergen Gross
2021-08-17 13:16 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-17 13:28 ` Juergen Gross
2021-08-17 13:39 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-17 13:47 ` Juergen Gross
2021-08-17 13:50 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 02/12] x86/tdx: Introduce INTEL_TDX_GUEST config option Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 03/12] x86/cpufeatures: Add TDX Guest CPU feature Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-12 7:39 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 04/12] x86/tdx: Add protected guest support for TDX guest Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 21:59 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-08-04 22:03 ` Dave Hansen
2021-08-04 22:26 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 22:42 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-08-04 23:00 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-12 7:53 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-12 17:18 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-20 14:28 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-20 16:42 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-20 16:59 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-20 17:11 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 05/12] x86/tdx: Add __tdx_module_call() and __tdx_hypercall() helper functions Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-20 15:16 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 06/12] x86/tdx: Get TD execution environment information via TDINFO Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 22:38 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-08-20 17:13 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-20 17:31 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-20 17:35 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-20 18:29 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-20 18:58 ` Andi Kleen
2021-08-20 19:01 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 07/12] x86/traps: Add #VE support for TDX guest Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 10:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-24 17:32 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 17:36 ` Dave Hansen
2021-08-24 17:46 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-09-02 15:24 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-09-03 10:17 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 08/12] x86/tdx: Add HLT " Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 16:10 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-24 17:06 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-08-24 17:25 ` Andi Kleen
2021-08-24 17:27 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-24 17:47 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-08-24 17:50 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-31 20:49 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-09-01 7:42 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-24 18:18 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 18:28 ` Andi Kleen
2021-08-24 17:35 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 17:48 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 09/12] x86/tdx: Wire up KVM hypercalls Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 16:34 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-24 18:11 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 18:29 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-24 19:11 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 19:39 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 10/12] x86/tdx: Add MSR support for TDX guest Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 16:55 ` Borislav Petkov
2021-08-24 18:12 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 11/12] x86/tdx: Don't write CSTAR MSR on Intel Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 18:31 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-08-04 21:03 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan [this message]
2021-08-04 21:44 ` Sean Christopherson
2021-08-04 21:48 ` Dave Hansen
2021-08-04 22:23 ` Kuppuswamy, Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-04 18:13 ` [PATCH v5 12/12] x86/tdx: Handle CPUID via #VE Kuppuswamy Sathyanarayanan
2021-08-24 17:48 ` Borislav Petkov
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