On 6/27/24 23:27, Kalra, Ashish wrote: > Hello Boris, > > On 6/24/2024 10:59 PM, Borislav Petkov wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 03:57:34PM -0500, Kalra, Ashish wrote: >>> ... Hence, added simple static functions make_pte_private() and >>> set_pte_enc() to make use of the more optimized snp_set_memory_private() to >>> use the GHCB instead of the MSR protocol. Additionally, make_pte_private() >>> adds check for GHCB addresses during unshare_all_memory() loop. >> IOW, what you're saying is: "Boris, what you're asking can't be done." >> >> Well, what *you're* asking - for me to maintain crap - can't be done either. >> So this will stay where it is. >> >> Unless you make a genuine effort and refactor the code... > > There is an issue with calling __set_clr_pte_enc() here for the > _bss_decrypted section being made private again, > > when calling __set_clr_pte_enc() on _bss_decrypted section pages, > clflush_cache_range() will fail as __va() > > on this physical range fails as the bss_decrypted section pages are not in > kernel direct map. > > Hence, clflush_cache_range() in __set_clr_pte_enc() causes an implicit page > state change which is not resolved as below and causes fatal guest exit : > > qemu-system-x86_64: warning: memory fault: GPA 0x4000000 size 0x1000 flags > 0x8 kvm_convert_memory start 0x4000000 size 0x1000 shared_to_private > > ... > > KVM: unknown exit reason 24 EAX=00000000 EBX=00000000 ECX=00000000 > EDX=00000000 ESI=00000000 EDI=00000000 EBP=00000000 ESP=00000000 EIP=00000000 > EFL=00000002 [-------] CPL=0 II=0 A20=1 SMM=0 HLT=0 > > ... > > This is the reason why i had to pass the vaddr to set_pte_enc(), added here > for kexec code, so that i can use it for clflush_cache_range(). > > So for specific cases such as this, where we can't call __set_clr_pte_enc() > on _bss_decrypted section, we probably need a separate set_pte_enc().
You can probably add a va parameter, that when not NULL, is used for the flush. If NULL, then use the __va() macro on the pa. Thanks, Tom > > Thanks, Ashish > _______________________________________________ kexec mailing list kexec@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/kexec
