[v7,0/4] Introduce Notify VM exit

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Chenyi Qiang May 24, 2022, 1:56 p.m. UTC

Virtual machines can exploit Intel ISA characterstics to cause
functional denial of service to the VMM. This series introduces a new
feature named Notify VM exit, which can help mitigate such kind of
attacks.

Patch 1: An extension of KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS ioctl to inject a
synthesized shutdown event from user space. This is also a fix for other
synthesized triple fault, e.g. the RSM patch or nested_vmx_abort(),
which could get lost when exit to userspace to do migrate.

Patch 2: A selftest about get/set triple fault event.

Patch 3: Introduce struct kvm_caps to track misc global KVM cap/setting.

Patch 4: The main patch to enable Notify VM exit.

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Change logs:
v6 -> v7
- Introduce a new cap KVM_CAP_TRIPLE_FAULT_EVENT to guard the extension
  of get/set triple fault event. (Sean)
- Add patch 3 from Sean to integrate misc kvm cap/settings. (Sean)
- Add the kvm lock around the notify_window and flag setting. (Sean)
- v6: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/

v5 -> v6
- Do some changes in document.
- Add a selftest about get/set triple fault event. (Sean)
- extend the argument to include both the notify window and some flags
  when enabling KVM_CAP_X86_BUS_LOCK_EXIT CAP. (Sean)
- Change to use KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_TRIPE_FAULT in flags field and add
  pending_triple_fault field in struct kvm_vcpu_events, which allows
  userspace to make/clear triple fault request. (Sean)
- Add a flag in kvm_x86_ops to avoid the kvm_has_notify_vmexit global
  varialbe and its export.(Sean)
- v5: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/

v4 -> v5
- rename KVM_VCPUEVENTS_SHUTDOWN to KVM_VCPUEVENTS_TRIPLE_FAULT. Make it
  bidirection and add it to get_vcpu_events. (Sean)
- v4: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[e-mail]/

v3 -> v4
- Change this feature to per-VM scope. (Jim)
- Once VM_CONTEXT_INVALID set in exit_qualification, exit to user space
  notify this fatal case, especially the notify VM exit happens in L2.
  (Jim)
- extend KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS to allow user space to inject a shutdown
  event. (Jim)
- A minor code changes.
- Add document for the new KVM capability.
- v3: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/

v2 -> v3
- add a vcpu state notify_window_exits to record the number of
  occurence as well as a pr_warn output. (Sean)
- Add the handling in nested VM to prevent L1 bypassing the restriction
  through launching a L2. (Sean)
- Only kill L2 when L2 VM is context invalid, synthesize a
  EXIT_REASON_TRIPLE_FAULT to L1 (Sean)
- To ease the current implementation, make module parameter
  notify_window read-only. (Sean)
- Disable notify window exit by default.
- v2: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[e-mail]/

v1 -> v2
- Default set notify window to 0, less than 0 to disable.
- Add more description in commit message.
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Chenyi Qiang (2):
  KVM: x86: Extend KVM_{G,S}ET_VCPU_EVENTS to support pending triple
    fault
  KVM: selftests: Add a test to get/set triple fault event

Sean Christopherson (1):
  KVM: x86: Introduce "struct kvm_caps" to track misc caps/settings

Tao Xu (1):
  KVM: VMX: Enable Notify VM exit

 Documentation/virt/kvm/api.rst                |  57 +++++++
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h               |  24 ++-
 arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h                    |   7 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/vmxfeatures.h            |   1 +
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h               |   6 +-
 arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/vmx.h               |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c                          |   8 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/debugfs.c                        |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c                          |   2 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c                     |   4 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c                        |  13 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/capabilities.h               |   6 +
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c                     |  12 +-
 arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c                        |  62 ++++++--
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.c                            | 140 +++++++++++-------
 arch/x86/kvm/x86.h                            |  33 ++++-
 include/uapi/linux/kvm.h                      |  11 ++
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/.gitignore        |   1 +
 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile          |   1 +
 .../kvm/x86_64/triple_fault_event_test.c      | 101 +++++++++++++
 20 files changed, 390 insertions(+), 107 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/triple_fault_event_test.c