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* [RFC PATCH 0/8] KVM: Prepopulate guest memory API
@ 2024-03-01 17:28 isaku.yamahata
  2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 1/8] KVM: Document KVM_MAP_MEMORY ioctl isaku.yamahata
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From: isaku.yamahata @ 2024-03-01 17:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: kvm
  Cc: isaku.yamahata, isaku.yamahata, linux-kernel,
	Sean Christopherson, Paolo Bonzini, Michael Roth, David Matlack,
	Federico Parola

From: Isaku Yamahata <isaku.yamahata@intel.com>

The objective of this RFC patch series is to develop a uAPI aimed at
(pre)populating guest memory for various use cases and underlying VM
technologies.

- Pre-populate guest memory to mitigate excessive KVM page faults during guest
  boot [1], a need not limited to any specific technology.

- Pre-populating guest memory (including encryption and measurement) for
  confidential guests [2].  SEV-SNP, TDX, and SW-PROTECTED VM.  Potentially
  other technologies and pKVM.

The patches are organized as follows.
- 1: documentation on uAPI KVM_MAP_MEMORY.
- 2: archtechture-independent implementation part.
- 3-4: refactoring of x86 KVM MMU as preparation.
- 5: x86 Helper function to map guest page.
- 6: x86 KVM arch implementation.
- 7: Add x86-ops necessary for TDX and SEV-SNP.
- 8: selftest for validation.

Discussion point:

uAPI design:
- access flags
  Access flags are needed for the guest memory population.  We have options for
  their exposure to uAPI.
  - option 1. Introduce access flags, possibly with the addition of a private
              access flag.
  - option 2. Omit access flags from UAPI.
    Allow the kernel to deduce the necessary flag based on the memory slot and
    its memory attributes.

- SEV-SNP and byte vs. page size
  The SEV correspondence is SEV_LAUNCH_UPDATE_DATA.  Which dictates memory
  regions to be in 16-byte alignment, not page size.  Should we define struct
  kvm_memory_mapping in bytes rather than page size?

  struct kvm_sev_launch_update_data {
        __u64 uaddr;
        __u32 len;
  };

- TDX and measurement
  The TDX correspondence is TDH.MEM.PAGE.ADD and TDH.MR.EXTEND.  TDH.MEM.EXTEND
  extends its measurement by the page contents.
  Option 1. Add an additional flag like KVM_MEMORY_MAPPING_FLAG_EXTEND to issue
            TDH.MEM.EXTEND
  Option 2. Don't handle extend. Let TDX vendor specific API
            KVM_EMMORY_ENCRYPT_OP to handle it with the subcommand like
            KVM_TDX_EXTEND_MEMORY.

- TDX and struct kvm_memory_mapping:source
  While the current patch series doesn't utilize
  kvm_memory_mapping::source member.  TDX needs it to specify the source of
  memory contents.

Implementation:
- x86 KVM MMU
  In x86 KVM MMU, I chose to use kvm_mmu_do_page_fault().  It's not confined to
  KVM TDP MMU.  We can restrict it to KVM TDP MMU and introduce an optimized
  version.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/65262e67-7885-971a-896d-ad9c0a760907@polito.it/
[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/6a4c029af70d41b63bcee3d6a1f0c2377f6eb4bd.1690322424.git.isaku.yamahata@intel.com

Thanks,

Isaku Yamahata (8):
  KVM: Document KVM_MAP_MEMORY ioctl
  KVM: Add KVM_MAP_MEMORY vcpu ioctl to pre-populate guest memory
  KVM: x86/mmu: Introduce initialier macro for struct kvm_page_fault
  KVM: x86/mmu: Factor out kvm_mmu_do_page_fault()
  KVM: x86/mmu: Introduce kvm_mmu_map_page() for prepopulating guest
    memory
  KVM: x86: Implement kvm_arch_{, pre_}vcpu_map_memory()
  KVM: x86: Add hooks in kvm_arch_vcpu_map_memory()
  KVM: selftests: x86: Add test for KVM_MAP_MEMORY

 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst                |  36 +++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm-x86-ops.h            |   2 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h               |   6 +
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.h                            |   3 +
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c                        |  30 ++++
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu_internal.h               |  70 +++++----
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                            |  83 +++++++++++
 include/linux/kvm_host.h                      |   4 +
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h                      |  15 ++
 tools/include/uapi/linux/kvm.h                |  14 ++
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile          |   1 +
 .../selftests/kvm/x86_64/map_memory_test.c    | 136 ++++++++++++++++++
 virt/kvm/kvm_main.c                           |  74 ++++++++++
 13 files changed, 448 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/map_memory_test.c


base-commit: 6a108bdc49138bcaa4f995ed87681ab9c65122ad
-- 
2.25.1


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2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 1/8] KVM: Document KVM_MAP_MEMORY ioctl isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07  0:43   ` David Matlack
2024-03-07  1:29     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-07 12:30   ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-07 20:33     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-08  0:20       ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-08  0:56         ` David Matlack
2024-03-08  1:28           ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-08  2:19             ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-10 23:12               ` Michael Roth
2024-03-11  1:05               ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-11  1:08                 ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-12  1:34                   ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 2/8] KVM: Add KVM_MAP_MEMORY vcpu ioctl to pre-populate guest memory isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07  0:49   ` David Matlack
2024-03-07  2:52     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-07 12:45   ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-07 20:41     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-11 17:23   ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-11 22:19     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 3/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Introduce initialier macro for struct kvm_page_fault isaku.yamahata
2024-03-11 17:24   ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-11 22:56     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 4/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Factor out kvm_mmu_do_page_fault() isaku.yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 5/8] KVM: x86/mmu: Introduce kvm_mmu_map_page() for prepopulating guest memory isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07  0:38   ` David Matlack
2024-03-19 15:53     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-11 17:29   ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-11 22:57     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 6/8] KVM: x86: Implement kvm_arch_{, pre_}vcpu_map_memory() isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07  0:30   ` David Matlack
2024-03-07  0:36     ` David Matlack
2024-03-07  1:51       ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-19 16:26         ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-04-03 23:15           ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-07  1:34     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-11 23:26   ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-12 12:38     ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-12 14:20       ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-12 21:41         ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-12 21:46           ` Huang, Kai
2024-03-12 23:03             ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 7/8] KVM: x86: Add hooks in kvm_arch_vcpu_map_memory() isaku.yamahata
2024-03-01 17:28 ` [RFC PATCH 8/8] KVM: selftests: x86: Add test for KVM_MAP_MEMORY isaku.yamahata
2024-03-07  0:53 ` [RFC PATCH 0/8] KVM: Prepopulate guest memory API David Matlack
2024-03-07  2:09   ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-03-19 16:33     ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-04-03 18:30       ` Sean Christopherson
2024-04-03 22:00         ` Isaku Yamahata
2024-04-03 22:42           ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-11  3:20 ` Michael Roth
2024-03-11 23:44   ` Sean Christopherson
2024-03-12  1:32     ` Isaku Yamahata

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