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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2 1/3] KVM: vmx: fix ept reserved bits for 1-GByte page
Il 19/08/2014 13:16, Wanpeng Li ha scritto:
> On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 11:09:49AM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
>> Il 19/08/2014 11:04, Wanpeng Li ha scritto:
>>> EPT misconfig handler in kvm will check which reason lead to EPT
>>> misconfiguration after vmexit. One of the reasons is that an EPT
>>> paging-structure entry is configured with settings reserved for
>>> future functionality. However, the handler can't identify if
>>> paging-structure entry of reserved bits for 1-GByte page are
>>> configured, since PDPTE which point to 1-GByte page will reserve
>>> bits 29:12 instead of bits 7:3 which are reserved for PDPTE that
>>> references an EPT Page Directory. This patch fix it by reserve
>>> bits 29:12 for 1-GByte page.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <wanpeng.li@linux.intel.com>
>>> ---
>>> v1 -> v2:
>>> * same "if" statement cover both 2MB and 1GB pages
>>> * return 0xf8 for level == 4
>>
>> I think you dropped this check by mistake.
>
> Indeed. I will do it in next version.
>
>>
>>> * get the level by checking the return value of ept_rsvd_mask
>>>
>>> arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c | 19 +++++++------------
>>> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>>> index cad37d5..2763f37 100644
>>> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>>> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
>>> @@ -5521,17 +5521,12 @@ static u64 ept_rsvd_mask(u64 spte, int level)
>>> for (i = 51; i > boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits; i--)
>>> mask |= (1ULL << i);
>>>
>>> - if (level > 2)
>>> - /* bits 7:3 reserved */
>>> - mask |= 0xf8;
>>> - else if (level == 2) {
>>> - if (spte & (1ULL << 7))
>>> - /* 2MB ref, bits 20:12 reserved */
>>> - mask |= 0x1ff000;
>>> - else
>>> - /* bits 6:3 reserved */
>>> - mask |= 0x78;
>>> - }
>>> + if (spte & (1ULL << 7))
>>
>> You need to go this way if level == 1 too. Otherwise, you would report
>> bits 6:3 reserved if the hypervisor is using the ignored bit 7 (Table
>> 28-6, Format of an EPT Page-Table Entry).
>>
>
> Agreed. What still need to do here is to update the comments in order to
> include level == 1, right?

Yes.

>>> + /* 1GB/2MB page, bits 29:12 or 20:12 reserved respectively */
>>> + mask |= (PAGE_SIZE << ((level - 1) * 9)) - PAGE_SIZE;
>>> + else
>>> + /* bits 6:3 reserved */
>>> + mask |= 0x78;
>>>
>>> return mask;
>>> }
>>> @@ -5561,7 +5556,7 @@ static void ept_misconfig_inspect_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 spte,
>>> WARN_ON(1);
>>> }
>>>
>>> - if (level == 1 || (level == 2 && (spte & (1ULL << 7)))) {
>>> + if (level == 1 || (rsvd_bits & 0x38)) {
>>
>> - rsvd_bits will always be zero here. You need to check the return
>> value of ept_rsvd_mask(). Let's call it rsvd_mask in the rest of this
>> email.
>>
>> - the test is inverted, you need to check that bits 5:3 are _not_
>> reserved, hence (rsvd_mask & 0x38) == 0.
>>
>> - once you do this, the test also covers level 1.
>
> Agreed.

Thanks,

Paolo


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