On 7/15/21 5:01 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:

On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, Brijesh Singh wrote:

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On 7/15/21 1:39 PM, Sean Christopherson wrote:

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On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, Brijesh Singh wrote:

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The memfd_secrets uses the set_direct_map_{invalid,default}_noflush() and it
is designed to remove/add the present bit in the direct map. We can't use
them, because in our case the page may get accessed by the KVM (e.g
kvm_guest_write, kvm_guest_map etc).

But KVM should never access a guest private page, i.e. the direct map should
always be restored to PRESENT before KVM attempts to access the page.

Yes, KVM should *never* access the guest private pages. So, we could
potentially enhance the RMPUPDATE() to check for the assigned and act
accordingly.

Are you thinking something along the line of this:

int rmpupdate(struct page *page, struct rmpupdate *val)
{
	...
	
	/*
	 * If page is getting assigned in the RMP entry then unmap
	 * it from the direct map before its added in the RMP table.
	 */
	if (val.assigned)
		set_direct_map_invalid_noflush(page_to_virt(page), 1);

	...

	/*
	 * If the page is getting unassigned then restore the mapping
	 * in the direct map after its removed from the RMP table.
	 */
	if (!val.assigned)
		set_direct_map_default_noflush(page_to_virt(page), 1);
	
	...
}

Yep.

However, looking at the KVM usage, rmpupdate() appears to be broken.  When
handling a page state change, the guest can specify a 2mb page.  In that case,
rmpupdate() will be called once for a 2mb page, but this flow assumes a single
4kb page.  The current code works because set_memory_4k() will cause the entire
2mb page to be shattered, but it's technically wrong and switching to the above
would cause problems.

Yep, this was just an example to make sure I am able to follow you
correctly. In the actual patch I am going to read the pagesize from the
RMPUPDATE structure and  calculated npages for the
set_direct_map_default(...). As you said it was not needed in the case
of set_memory_4k() because the function force splits the large page.
Whereas with set_direct_map_default(), it first checks whether the split
is required, if not, then skip and update the attributes.

-Brijesh