Re: [PATCH v12 6/8] arm64: kvm: Expose KVM_ARM_CAP_MTE

[Marc Zyngier]

On Wed, 19 May 2021 14:26:31 +0100,
Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com> wrote:
> 
> On 17/05/2021 18:40, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> > On Mon, 17 May 2021 13:32:37 +0100,
> > Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> It's now safe for the VMM to enable MTE in a guest, so expose the
> >> capability to user space.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c      | 9 +++++++++
> >>  arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c | 3 +++
> >>  2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> >> index 1cb39c0803a4..e89a5e275e25 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> >> +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
> >> @@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm *kvm,
> >>            r = 0;
> >>            kvm->arch.return_nisv_io_abort_to_user = true;
> >>            break;
> >> +  case KVM_CAP_ARM_MTE:
> >> +          if (!system_supports_mte() || kvm->created_vcpus)
> >> +                  return -EINVAL;
> >> +          r = 0;
> >> +          kvm->arch.mte_enabled = true;
> > 
> > As far as I can tell from the architecture, this isn't valid for a
> > 32bit guest.
> 
> Indeed, however the MTE flag is a property of the VM not of the vCPU.
> And, unless I'm mistaken, it's technically possible to create a VM where
> some CPUs are 32 bit and some 64 bit. Not that I can see much use of a
> configuration like that.

It looks that this is indeed a bug, and I'm on my way to squash it.
Can't believe we allowed that for so long...

But the architecture clearly states:

<quote>
These features are supported in AArch64 state only.
</quote>

So I'd expect something like:

diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
index 956cdc240148..50635eacfa43 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
@@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
        switch (vcpu->arch.target) {
        default:
                if (test_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT, vcpu->arch.features)) {
-                       if (!cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_32BIT_EL1)) {
+                       if (!cpus_have_const_cap(ARM64_HAS_32BIT_EL1) ||
+                           vcpu->kvm->arch.mte_enabled) {
                                ret = -EINVAL;
                                goto out;
                        }

that makes it completely impossible to create 32bit CPUs within a
MTE-enabled guest.

Thanks,

        M.

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